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# Rachel Sontag

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##  Quotes by Rachel Sontag

> [“A void in my chest was beginning to fill with anger. Quiet, defeated anger that guaranteed me the right to my hurt,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-sontag/a-void-in-my-chest-was-beginning-to-fill-with-anger-quiet-defeated/)

Rachel Sontag

[Anger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anger/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bd/rachel-sontag-76249_anger_a-void-in-my-chest-was-beginning-to-fill_1279917.jpg)

> [“I was lonely. I felt it deeply and permanently, that this state of being on my own might never disappear. But I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-sontag/i-was-lonely-i-felt-it-deeply-and-permanently-that-this-state-of/)

Rachel Sontag

[Alone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alone/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/761/rachel-sontag-76249_alone_i-was-lonely-i-felt-it-deeply-and-perman_1349971.jpg)

> [“Once I could see Mom for who she was, and not the mother she had failed to be, I'd be able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-sontag/once-i-could-see-mom-for-who-she-was-and-not-the-mother-she-had/)

Rachel Sontag

[Mother](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mother/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb9/rachel-sontag-76249_parenting_once-i-could-see-mom-for-who-she-was-and_1879725.jpg)

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