If I cling to circumstances I could feel not responsible. Only she who…

Adrienne Rich
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If I cling to circumstances I could feel not responsible. Only she who says she did not choose, is the loser in the end. ✨ Adrienne Rich (2013). The Dream of a Common Language: Poems 1974-1977, p.31, W. W. Norton & Company
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If I cling to circumstances I could feel not responsible. Only she who says she did not choose, is the loser in the end. ✨ Adrienne Rich (2013). The Dream of a Common Language: Poems 1974-1977, p.31, W. W. Norton & Company

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