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• The capacity for extravagant emotion that my husband finds so attractive in me can be exhausting, especially to a child. My moods…
• When my first daughter was born, my husband held her in his hands and said, 'My God, she's so beautiful.' I unwrapped…
• I mean, I absolutely call myself a feminist. And by that, I mean a woman who believes that your opportunities should not…
• The only difference between a writer and someone who wants to be a writer is discipline.
• I had a second trimester abortion. I was pregnant with a much-wanted child who was diagnosed with a genetic abnormality. I made…
• Aborting my baby is the most serious of the many maternal crimes I tally in my head when I am at my…
• By the time the children go to bed, I am as drained as any mother who has spent her day working, car…
• Because of my bipolar disorder, I tend to these mixed states, which are depressed but loud and agitated. So I can be…
• Courage is impulsive; it is narcissism tempered with nihilism.
• I love my husband more than I love my children,
• Think about it, I say. How many straight men maintain inappropriately intimate relationships with their mothers? How many shop with them? I…
• For a couple of months there I was shrieking like a banshee,

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