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Sure, and fatherhood is super important too. I'm not trying to make this a women-only club by any means. Just that even men rarely view their role in child rearing as the most important thing they do, when in fact it is clearly the most important thing that anybody does.Rufi Thorpe
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Whatever it is that hurts you, don't talk to anyone about it.Rufi Thorpe
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I'm just saying, when a woman in a maiden, she's in the spotlight. Everybody cares what a pretty, young girl does and says. And she's got some pretty strict archetypes to adhere to: Sleeping Beauty or Cinderella or Britney Spears. Pick your poison. But when you become a young mother? People don't give a fuck what you're doing. Their eyes glaze over before they even finish asking you. Once a woman starts doing the most important work of her life, all of a sudden, nobody wants to know a thing about it. .Rufi Thorpe
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It wasn't that Lorrie Ann was becoming a Goody Two-shoes. It wasn't that she wanted to be perfect or loved or approved of. No. She wanted something much more dangerous. She wanted meaning. And she thought it could be gotten by following the rules.Rufi Thorpe
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What had been so funny? But you can never remember what you were laughing about, and even if you could, it seems doubtful that it would still be funny.Rufi Thorpe
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How could it be that I wanted those scary narrow streets and books and coffee shops for her so much more than she wanted them for herself?Rufi Thorpe