If I am truly to become an autonomous woman, then I must take over that role of being my own guardian... I not only have to become my own husband, but I need to be my own father, too. (Elizabeth Gilbert)

If I am truly to become an autonomous woman, then I must take over that role of being my own guardian... I not only have to become my own husband, but I need to be my own father, too.

Elizabeth Gilbert

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