A week in the hospital she had told us. A hysterectomy, she had said. It had seemed unremarkable to me in a woman of forty-six long finished with childbearing, although every day that I grow older I realize there is never anything unremarkable about losing any part of what makes you female - a breast, a womb, a child, a man.
Anna QuindlenBarack Obama is the kind of guy who likes to do things by inches, he's the kind of guy who likes to build consensus and compromise.
Anna QuindlenMaybe I had three children in the first place so I wouldn't ever have to play board games. In my religion, martyrs die.
Anna QuindlenObama doesn't seem like a burger and a beer kind of guy. I have to say, I don't find that problematic at all.
Anna QuindlenShe say guilt is a useless emotion." "Oh, please," says Nancy. "Guilt is what separates humans from animals.
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