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“My mother was always unpredictable. She had unexpected kindness, then shut herself in again. I knew those attentions and their intermittence. I tried to win them, but it wasn't for merit or guilt that they arrived or were absent. If I had known that when I was younger, I wouldn't have wasted the effort: if I had known that her affection didn't depend on me.”

“Ask any random person, what do they look for in a partner – and most of them will say, emotional maturity. This is textbook shallowness. If we can't embrace each other's emotional vulnerability, we're better off with a hot water bottle.”