Anxiety Quote by Marge Piercy

“Where I came from, the nights I had wandered and survived scared them, and where I would go they never imagined.”

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the body is simple as a turtle / and straight as a dog: / the body cannot lie.

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We must shine with hope, stained glass windows that shape light into icons, glow like lanterns borne before a procession. Who can bear hope…

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Remember that every son had a mother whose beloved son he was, and every woman had a mother whose beloved son she wasn't.

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Doorways are sacred to women for we are the doorways of life and we must choose what comes in and what goes out.

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