Is it so? Is the daughter's misfortune the mother's triumph? Is my grief your secret pleasure?
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A sense of reality is a matter of talent. Most people lack that talent and maybe it's just as well.
The mother's injuries are to be handed down to the daughter. The mother's failures are to be paid for by the daughter. The mother's unhappiness is to be the daughter's unhappiness. It's as if the umbilical cord had never been cut.
I feel so shut out, I'm always homesick. But when I get home. I find it's something else I'm longing for.