To seek visions, to dream dreams, is essential, and it is also essenti…

Adrienne Rich
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To seek visions, to dream dreams, is essential, and it is also essential to try new ways of living, to make room for serious experimentation, to respect the effort even where it fails. ✨ Adrienne Rich (1976). Of woman born motherhood as experience and institution
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To seek visions, to dream dreams, is essential, and it is also essential to try new ways of living, to make room for serious experimentation, to respect the effort even where it fails. ✨ Adrienne Rich (1976). Of woman born motherhood as experience and institution

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