Motherhood is a Sisyphean task. You finish sewing one seam shut, and a…

Jodi Picoult
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Motherhood is a Sisyphean task. You finish sewing one seam shut, and another rips open. I have come to believe that this life I'm wearing will never really fit. ✨ Jodi Picoult (2010). House Rules: A Novel, p.106, Simon and Schuster
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