“I couldn't have been a novelist without being a mother. It gives you a unique witness point of the growth of a personality. It was a kind of biological component for me that had to come first. My children gave this other window on the world.” WorldGivingFirstsKindChildrenHas BeensMotherGrowthPersonalityUniqueWindowWitnessMy ChildrenNovelistsComponentsBeing A Mother Author:Carol Shields
“So this is where the years of maturity deliver us - to this needy, selfish, unwieldy wish to be somebody else's first and primal other.” YearsFirstsWishSelfishMaturityPrimalNeedy Author:Carol Shields
