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" I love being a mother. I loved being a daughter, a sister, a wife. I love being a woman with men. I love having given birth. "

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" For me, nothing has ever taken precedence over being a mother and having a family and a home. "

" I am tortured when I am away from my family, from my children. I am horribly guilt-ridden. "

" Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons. "

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" The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children. "

" This idea of selfishness as a virtue, as opposed to generosity: That, to me, is unnatural. "

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" When I am home for like a two-year stretch, I get antsy, because I want to work. "

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" Allow the diversity to exist. There is nothing wrong with it. Hell, we put up with the religious right-we can put up with transgendered human beings. "

" The only place I've felt was really my home is my cabin up north. There's something in the water there that connects me to that place. There's also this sense of isolation and loneliness about it that I've never been able to shake. "

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" Photography was a blessing because it filled my time. "