A child is tied to our heart-strings, as the spheres are linked to their creator; we cannot think of God except as a mother's heart writ large. It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in visible and tangible fashion; it is a joy of every moment.

Les mondes doivent se rattacher à Dieu comme un enfant se rattache à toutes les fibres de sa mère : Dieu, c’est un grand cœur de mère. Il n’y a rien de visible, ni de perceptible dans la conception, ni même dans la grossesse ; mais être nourrice,... c’est un bonheur de tous les moments.

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Part I, ch. XXXI

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