“There are times when parenthood seems nothing more than feeding the hand that bites you.”
Peter de Vries (1910–1993) American editor and novelist
“The proverb warns that, 'You should not bite the hand that feeds you.' But maybe you should, if it prevents you from feeding yourself.”
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