“...you are my rainbow to keep. My eyes will always be watching you; never will I lose sight of you.”
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“The first lesson every child of Athena learned: Mom was the best at everything, and you should never, ever suggest otherwise.”
― The Mark of Athena
― The Mark of Athena
“Probably there is nothing in human nature more resonant with charges than the flow of energy between two biologically alike bodies, one of which has lain in amniotic bliss inside the other, one of which has labored to give birth to the other. The materials are here for the deepest mutuality and the most painful estrangement.”
― Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution
― Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”
― The Art of War
― The Art of War
“Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.”
― The Art of War
― The Art of War
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