guilt to motherhood is like grapes to wine
People hear what they want and expect to hear, not what is said.
by and large, nothing is as bad as you fear, or as good as you hope.
I am not cynical. I am just old. I know what is going to happen next.
Of course you have to believe in destiny; that everything is sheer chance is an intolerable notion.
Much sheer effort goes into avoiding the truth; left to itself, it sweeps in like the tide.