Jealousy and envy Quote by Carol Rifka Brunt

“I needed to know that my mother understood that her hand was in this too. That all the jealousy and envy and shame we carried was our own kind of sickness. As much a disease as Toby and Finn’s AIDS.” quote by Carol Rifka Brunt — Download Open image

““I needed to know that my mother understood that her hand was in this too. That all the jealousy and envy and shame we carried was our own kind of sickness. As much a disease as Toby and Finn’s AIDS.””

Carol Rifka Brunt

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