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There is probably an innate masochism in a lot of women that ends up disappointed if men don't ill-treat them.
Fay Weldon
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Fay Weldon
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: September 22
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All mothers love their own children as best they can, according to their temperament and circumstances, and all mothers should have done better, in their children's eyes, when the going gets tough for the children.
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