#stepmother

External influences create internal chaos. ↗

— Valerie J. Lewis Coleman

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Trying to make someone love you is like trying to climb uphill during an avalanche. ↗

— Valerie J. Lewis Coleman

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Nature, more of a stepmother than a mother in several ways, has sown a seed of evil in the hearts of mortals, especially in the more thoughtful men, which makes them dissatisfied with their own lot and envious of another s. ↗

— Desiderius Erasmus

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