The rules for raising children had gone out with her parents generation of daughters who had lived as Lucy had, in patient silence, acting by standards which had lasted generations, waiting to grow up to make their decisions, following the patterns of their own lives.

Susan Richards Shreve
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Lucy was impatient with the rules that had been laid down for her, but she held on to them, knowing that they were the only ones that would protect her from the kind of pain that had been inflicted on her. In a way, Lucy seemed to be placing herself in a holding pattern. She wanted to be free from the old rules, but she also knew that it would be a mistake to break them completely.

Source: You Are The Love Of My Life

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