So I began to think maybe it was true that when you were married and had children it was like being brainwashed, and afterward you went about as numb as a slave in a totalitarian state.

Sylvia Plath
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If marriage is like being brainwashed, then after you are married you are no more aware of what’s going on around you. You are no more aware of what’s happening in the world around you. You are no more aware of your surroundings, what’s happening with other people, what’s happening with yourself, what you think about yourself. Being married is like being brainwashed.

Source: The Bell Jar

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