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Women always studied other women, and did so far more critically than men ever did.
The diamond was minute, but even a tiny sparkle is still a sparkle.
leader comfortable with her authority does not need to be strident, but can afford to be generous.
Even almost fourteen years after the war’s end, no one was surprised by sudden tears.
sewing can be so therapeutic when one has had trauma. The bold colors and the repetition of simple stitches had such a soothing effect
“It is perhaps difficult to understand if you have not had children yourself. The biological imperative of the parent is to protect the child, and when that is impossible it feels like a failure, whatever the circumstances. It is a complicated feeling to live with for the rest of your life.”
Where parents were concerned it was hard to maintain an adult maturity. When Violet’s father died, she had cried and fought with her mother and brother as if she were a little girl again.
There is no better taste than a cup of tea someone else has made for you.
