She was not, herself, hugely in favour of motherhood in general. Obvio…

Terry Pratchett
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She was not, herself, hugely in favour of motherhood in general. Obviously it was necessary, but it wasn't exactly difficult. Even cats managed it. But women acted as if they'd been given a medal that entitled them to boss people around. It was as if, just because they'd got the label which said mother, everyone else got a tiny part of the label that said child. ✨ Carpe Jugulum. Book by Terry Pratchett, 1998.
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