Because mothers make us, because they map our emotional terrain before we even know we are capable of having an emotional terrain, they know just where to stick the dynamite. With a few small power plays - a skeptical comment,… — Rebecca Walker Copy Share Image
Take this one in my belly. He (or she) is determined to be here. I can feel the force of his being. It's as if he has something to do here and just wants to arrive and grow up so… — Rebecca Walker Copy Share Image
Because mothers make us, because they map our emotional terrain before we even know we are capable of having an emotional terrain, they know… — Rebecca Walker Copy Share Image
It seems to me, that this, too, is how memory works. What we remember of what was done to us shapes our view, molds… — Rebecca Walker Copy Share Image
Take this one in my belly. He (or she) is determined to be here. I can feel the force of his being. It's as… — Rebecca Walker Copy Share Image
“I don't trust the everyday: it is a mask, a sham. It gives the illusion of permanence, of an unshatterable calm, a placid surface;… — Rebecca Walker Copy Share Image
My mother is very ideologically based, and her ideology is much more important in many ways than her personal relationships. — Rebecca Walker Copy Share Image
Judgements like "right" and "wrong"; only build barriers and encourage shame within individuals. — Rebecca Walker Copy Share Image
. . . when it comes down to it, that’s what life is all about: showing up for the people you love, again and… — Rebecca Walker Copy Share Image
