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For my sake,” he said firmly, addressing the air in front of him as though it were a tribunal, “I di...

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I never wanted to find my birth parents - if one set of parents felt like a misfortune, two sets wou...

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So when people say that poetry is a luxury, or an option, or for the educated middle classes, or tha...

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Jeanette WintersonWhy Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

Adoption is outside. You act out what it feels like to be the one who doesn't belong. And you act it...

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Jeanette WintersonWhy Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

The baby explodes into an unknown world that is only knowable through some kind of a story - of cour...

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Jeanette WintersonWhy Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

Was it the act of giving birth that made you a mother? Did you lose that label when you relinquished...

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It is now clear that faith is a singular pledge of paternal love, treasured up for the sons whom he ...

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John CalvinInstitutes of the Christian Religion

No one but me ever put a hand on me to feel that baby. No one wanted to put his ear against it and l...

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There," she said. She rocked him back and forth. "There, you foolish, beautiful boy who wants to cha...

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