If only I could tell each of them how much more fully I cou… - Marge Piercy

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If only I could tell each of them how much more fully I could love them now. I could give them, not the dutiful, selfish and perfunctory love of an adolescent, but an understanding love that would lighten their terrible burdens. (p253)

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Marge Piercy (born March 31, 1936) is a Jewish American poet, novelist, and social activist.

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