"Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the seat of the memory."

Time, Memory, Mothers

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"Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the seat of the memory."

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"Eternity is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke."

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"Sometimes I feel like if you just watch things, just sit still and let the world exist in front of you - sometimes I swear that just for a second time freezes and the world pauses in its tilt. Just for a second. And if you somehow found a way to live in that second, then you would live forever."

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"Worrying about what happened on Monday, or, what might happen on Wednesday, is at the expense of one's Tuesday."

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