The neighbors said she loved me. I never felt any warmth from her. I didn't know mothers did that till one day I visited a friend at his home. Of course, in that stupid German neighbourhood, they were great disciplinarians, really brutal people. (Henry Miller)

The neighbors said she loved me. I never felt any warmth from her. I didn't know mothers did that till one day I visited a friend at his home. Of course, in that stupid German neighbourhood, they were great disciplinarians, really brutal people.

Henry Miller

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