I wondered how long it took for a baby to become yours, for familiarit…

Jodi Picoult
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I wondered how long it took for a baby to become yours, for familiarity to set in. Maybe as long as it took a new car to lose that scent, or a brand-new house to gather dust. Maybe that was the process more commonly described as bonding: the act of learning your child as well as you know yourself. ✨ Jodi Picoult (2009). Handle with Care: A Novel, p.258, Simon and Schuster
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