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“We forgive many people for what they cannot do for us, but not our mothers: we protect our mothers more than we protect others, too. Sometimes I think it may be just as well that I cannot have my own children…I would rather march through life without the futile protection from my own children. People often forget that it is always a gamble to be a mother; I am not a gambler.”