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Cub retreated to the familiar grounds of remorse and insufficiency, the terms of his existence, ratified by marriage. He could construct defeat from any available material and live inside it, but for once Dellarobia didn't go there with him. she was going ahead.

— Barbara Kingsolver Flight Behavior (2012)

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Every minute with a child takes seven minutes off your life.

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