I suppose, I said, it is one definition of love, the belief in something that only the two of you can see.
Rachel CuskI absolutely don't dislike children - I would choose their company over adult company any time.
Rachel CuskI was aware, in those early days of motherhood, that my behaviour was strange to the people who knew me well. It was as though I had been brainwashed, taken over by a cult religion. And yet this cult, motherhood, was not a place where I could actually live. Like any cult, it demanded a complete surrender of identity to belong to it.
Rachel Cusk