A quotation from Margaret Atwood

No mother is ever, completely, a child’s idea of what a mother should be, and I suppose it works the other way around as well.

Margaret Atwood (b. 1939) Canadian writer, literary critic, environmental activist
The Handmaid’s Tale, ch. 28 (1986)

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Atwood, Margaret - The Handmaid’s Tale, ch. 28 (1986) | WIST Quotations

No mother is ever, completely, a child’s idea of what a mother should be, and I suppose it works the other way around as well.

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