But now she has a new life, of which this is the first moment, and even after many years have passed she will still think: Yes, that was it, the beginning of my life.
“When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.”
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“There is no order in the world around us, we must adapt ourselves to the requirements of chaos instead.”
― Breakfast of Champions
― Breakfast of Champions
“When a woman makes the choice to marry, to have children, in one way her life begins but in another way it stops. You build a life of details. You become a mother, a wife and you stop and stay steady so that your children can move. And when they leave they take your life of details with them. And then you're expected to move again only you don't remember what moves you because no one has asked in so long. Not even yourself.”
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“Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.”
― Democracy and Education
― Democracy and Education
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