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“One only has to watch aging siblings scrap over the worthless pots and pans and scuffed furniture of a deceased parent's estate- like toddlers over toys- to see how desperate is the need to wrest some last, pathetic, tangible measure of their parent's devotion.”

Quote by Victoria Secunda

Book:Women and Their Fathers: The Sexual and Romantic Impact of the First Man in Your Life

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