I remember her words to me when I left school: Your mind will be your comfort. It is, sometimes. And sometimes it isn't.

Christina Baker Kline
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This is a very well-written and thought-provoking short essay. The topic is the value of a woman's advice at a young age, and how it can be both comforting and irritating. The feelings of young girls who seek advice from their mothers are often confusing, because they are at their most impressionable age. They take everything they hear from their mothers to heart, even if it doesn't really apply in their real lives. The mother seems to be saying that in the end, the young girl's mind will always be her "comfort," even when it doesn't feel that way in the moment.

Source: A Piece Of The World

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