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MecKenzie Upton
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Motherhood, I’d learned in the past two months, was nothing more than a ritual of second-guessing yourself.
“Martha Ballard is the great-aunt of Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross. She is also the great-great-grandmother of Mary Hobart, one of the first female physicians in the United States.”
― The Frozen River
― The Frozen River
“I’m a cynic. And a cynic is a romantic who’s too scared to hope.”
― Funny Story
― Funny Story
“As I rise from the table, it occurs to me that part of what I feel, watching them, is a sense of betrayal. I carried these children into the world, paid their entrance fee with dues rendered upon my own”
― The Frozen River
― The Frozen River
“You can't force a person to show up, but you can learn a lesson when they don't”
― Funny Story
― Funny Story
“The joy of having sons is that they worship their mothers. Until one day, suddenly, they don’t. I am not like you, he realizes. We are different. Then, that boy—once small and sweet—begins the long, hard process of separation, until at last he rips the seam. But the holes where mother and son were once knit together remain.”
― The Frozen River
― The Frozen River
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