And so our mothers and grandmothers have, more often than not anonymou…

Alice Walker
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And so our mothers and grandmothers have, more often than not anonymously, handed on the creative spark, the seed of the flower they themselves never hoped to see - or like a sealed letter they could not plainly read. ✨ Alice Walker, Barbara Christian (1994). Everyday Use, p.47, Rutgers University Press
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