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“This kind of love seemed strange to me. It was not out of love that I'd obeyed my mother, not really. It was out of fear, the way a person might placate a punishing God. Ultimately, I'd always been terrified that if I didn't please my mother, she would smite me.” — Melissa Broder
This kind of love seemed strange to me. It was not out of love that I'd obeyed my mother, not really. It was out of fear, the way a person might placate a punishing God. Ultimately, I'd always been terrified that if I didn't please my mother, she would smite me.