Marge Piercy Quotes

I don't even remember what Mother and I quarreled about: it is a continual quarrel that began when I reached puberty.

Marge Piercy

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• I don't even remember what Mother and I quarreled about: it is a continual quarrel that began when I reached puberty.

  

  Marge Piercy
  • Remember
  • Mother
  • Quarrel