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Jen Robinson
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The Familiar
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Would she prefer to sit on a cushion and embroider all day but only see life bound by a casement? Or would she prefer to take another walk to the well? When the buckets were empty the answer was easy. Not so much when they were full.
“Men don’t know, she thinks, they don’t know how having a baby makes you protective of your skin, your body, your space. When you spend all day giving yourself to a baby in every way that it’s possible to give yourself to another human being, the last thing you want at the end of the day is a grown man wanting you to give him things too.”
― The Night She Disappeared
― The Night She Disappeared
“What you risk reveals what you value.”
― Written on the Body
― Written on the Body
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
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“How many times I have explain? I pee over there, over there and over there. Technically make it Bigfoot territory.”
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“Ah, the frazzling ordeal of being known.”
― Deep End
― Deep End
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