"I had come to feel that my mother's love for me was designed solely to make me into an echo of her; and I didn't know why, but I felt that I would rather be dead than become just an echo of someone."

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Source : Jamaica Kincaid (2002). “Lucy: A Novel”, p.36, Macmillan

Jamaica Kincaid

#Mother Quotes #Echoes Quotes #Feels Quotes

“The standards are being lowered, not just on the Internet, but in all of news and media.”
“Most disquieting reflection of all, was it not bad form to think about good form?”
“A good writer can set a thriller anywhere and make it convincing: the trick is to evoke the setting in such a way that it highlights the crime or unsettles the reader.”
“I didn't expect us to be around after 25 years.”
“I've been spending this last month trying to find four outfits to wear to the different premieres of The Two Towers. It's hard work.”
“When I was in high school, I had binders with pictures of tour buses.”
“I don't chase after things, but I put forward the effort and know the rest of it is out of my hands.”

Source : "The Best-Laid Plans Of Michael Ian Black". Interview with Royal Young, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 27, 2012.
“Nothing about contraception should be taught in schools. There is no question that it will encourage sexual activity.”

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