"My children cause me the most exquisite suffering……" — Adrienne Rich

My children cause me the most exquisite suffering of which I have… - Adrienne Rich
"My children cause me the most exquisite suffering of which I have any experience. It is the suffering of ambivalence: the murderous alternation between bitter resentment and raw-edged nerves, and blissful gratification and tenderness. Sometimes I seem to myself, in my feelings toward these tiny guiltless beings, a monster of selfishness and intolerance."

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