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“She thought of her life, her patchwork quilt of a life, pieced together from castoff scraps of this and that; experience, knowledge, clairvoyance. None of it made any sense to her.”
― A Reliable Wife
― A Reliable Wife
“You can have an ex-husband, an ex-job and an ex-hometown, but children are forever.”
― Kid Me Not: An anthology by child-free women of the '60s now in their 60s
― Kid Me Not: An anthology by child-free women of the '60s now in their 60s
“I often think that the ability to earn a living by doing the thing one loves must be one of life’s greatest gifts.”
― The Girl You Left Behind
― The Girl You Left Behind
“I only know that when I’m not with you I’m mean and mad at everything.”
― The Girl You Left Behind
― The Girl You Left Behind
“I wanted to live as Édouard did, joyfully, sucking the marrow out of every moment and singing because it tasted so good.”
― The Girl You Left Behind
― The Girl You Left Behind
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