“The worst thing about loneliness is that it brings one face to face with oneself.”
Mary Balogh (1944) Welsh-Canadian novelist
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“… one of the worst things about being a parent, for me, is the self-discovery, the being face to face with one's secret insanity and brokenness and rage.”
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