"Most of the bio men on earth were born to women, so it's pretty ordinary! But I think because I had come from a matriarchy - my father died when I was young, and I only have a sister and a stepsister - when I told my mom and my sister that I was having a boy, they were both like, "That does not compute within our family relation!" It was like, "Girls only here!" Now that all seems very strange to me."

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Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

Maggie Nelson

#Girl Quotes #Mom Quotes #Father Quotes

“My tough and grotesque images were thrown on the roads and were stepped on by my critics, and I was talked about with scorn. I felt regret that readers only seemed to like something they were accustomed to.”
“I wished I could be alone in my room, with my books, away from these people.”
“It's your choice, what you do with the moment. If you're stuck in a traffic jam, you can get angry and honk your horn, or listen to Mozart. But when you have a very specific expectation of how things should be, then, of course, you end up hurting yourself.”
“When a gift is deserved, it is not a gift but a payment.”

Source : Gene Wolfe (1994). “Shadow & Claw: The First Half of 'The Book of the New Sun'”, p.90, Macmillan
“They'll invite you to all the parties, but that doesn't mean you have to go all the time.”
“A tea set is good for a newborn girl. It is a gift that instantly makes the room a girl's room.”
“I just wanted to make sure I had the music true to me and the life I'm living and to what I really want to say. That's super important to me.”

Source : Source: youknowigotsoul.com
“I wanted to make Canadian films, and I ended up making American films.”

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