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in her memory lingers a distant past of twelve - yearold restlessness , curiosity ,
physical energy , and germinating desire - even , perhaps , some vague
imagination that her life might be different from her mother ' s . Her sense of time
is vague ...
in her memory lingers a distant past of twelve - yearold restlessness , curiosity ,
physical energy , and germinating desire - even , perhaps , some vague
imagination that her life might be different from her mother ' s . Her sense of time
is vague ...
Page 158
But even where this is so , the cost exacted is still female flesh - loathing ; and
physical self - hatred and suspicion of one ' s own body is scarcely a favorable
emotion with which to enter an intense physical experience . 10 Finally , there is
the ...
But even where this is so , the cost exacted is still female flesh - loathing ; and
physical self - hatred and suspicion of one ' s own body is scarcely a favorable
emotion with which to enter an intense physical experience . 10 Finally , there is
the ...
Page 197
It means , of course , in the first place , physical birth , leaving the warm ,
weightless dream of the amniotic sac . It means the gradual process through
which the baby discovers that the mother ' s breast , her face , her body ' s warmth
, belong to ...
It means , of course , in the first place , physical birth , leaving the warm ,
weightless dream of the amniotic sac . It means the gradual process through
which the baby discovers that the mother ' s breast , her face , her body ' s warmth
, belong to ...
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The Kingdom of the Fathers | 39 |
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