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![“[On her mother:] My relationship with her is close, painful, and skaky, and I always have to keep searching for a sign of love. Everything I do, I do to please her, to make her smile, to ward off her fury. This work is extremely exhausting.” quote by Tove Ditlevsen](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/5a6/tove-ditlevsen-48825_exhausting_on-her-mother-my-relationship-with-her-i_2620330.png)
![“We always ate with gusto...It would have offended the cook if we had nibbled or picked...Our mothers and zie [aunties] didn't inquire as to the states of our bellies; they just put the food on our plates. 'You only ask sick people if they're hungry,' my mother said. 'Everyone else must eat, eat!'…” quote by Sergio Esposito](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/72e/sergio-esposito-166744_food_we-always-ate-with-gusto-it-would-have-o_759109.jpg)
