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, the withholding of approval or praise - a mother can devastate a daughter. Decades of subtle undermining can stunt a… — Rebecca Walker Copy Share
It seems to me, that this, too, is how memory works. What we remember of what was done to us shapes our view, molds us, sets our stance. But what we remember is past, it no longer exists, and yet we hold on to it, live by it, surrender so much control to it. What do we become when we… — Rebecca Walker Copy Share
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
