...but with his mother there's no question of liking him they're not e…

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...but with his mother there's no question of liking him they're not even in a way separate people he began in her stomach and if she gave him life she can take it away and if he feels that withdrawal it will be the grave itself. ✨ John Updike (2003). Rabbit, run ; Rabbit redux
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I was made to feel I could do things. If you get this feeling early and can hold it until you're 15, you tend to never lose it.
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...but with his mother there's no question of liking him they're not even in a way separate people he began in her stomach and if she gave him life she can take it away and if he feels that withdrawal it will be the grave itself. ✨ John Updike (2003). Rabbit, run ; Rabbit redux

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