Sharon Olds Quote

I have never thought I could take it, not even for the children. It is all I have wanted to do, to stand between them and and pain. But I come from a long line of women who put themselves first.

The Dead and the Living (ed. Knopf, 2012) - ISBN: 9780307760548

I have never thought I could take it, not even for the children. It is all I have wanted to do, to stand between them and and pain. But I come from a ...

I have never thought I could take it, not even for the children. It is all I have wanted to do, to stand between them and and pain. But I come from a ...

I have never thought I could take it, not even for the children. It is all I have wanted to do, to stand between them and and pain. But I come from a ...

I have never thought I could take it, not even for the children. It is all I have wanted to do, to stand between them and and pain. But I come from a ...