My husband recently made me try on a bikini. A bikini is not so much a garment as a cloth-based reminder that your parts have been migrating all these years. My waist, I realized that day in the dressing room, has completely disappeared beneath my rib cage, which now rests directly on my hips. I'm exhibiting continental drift in reverse.
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MAX ROACH was in the process of assembling an army of attorneys, economists and IAM representatives with a wea... ROBERT ROACH Unfortunately, Middle Eastern people are going to be approached more often than not, MICHAEL ROACH We are but small butterflies in the garden of life. CARSTON D. ROACH I like to sing! CARSTON D. ROACH Cooking and baking is both physical and mental therapy. MARY BERRY My inner critic who had begun piping up about how hopeless I was and how I didn't know to write. MARY GARDEN I decided to write about the myths of divorce. MARY GARDEN I deleted all the games from my computer. I spent days trawling the Internet. I started slowly. MARY GARDEN If you really want to write, then shut yourself in a room, close the door, and WRITE. If you don'... MARY GARDEN Reading Stephen King's book, On Writing, was like being cornered and forced to have a long, draw... MARY GARDEN My biggest excuse to others and myself was that I had writer's block, as if it was some kind of ... MARY GARDEN In the back of my mind was the constant hankering, almost yearning, to write but something always st... MARY GARDEN Krishna children were taught that in the spiritual world there were no parents, only souls and hence... MARY GARDEN I was a new devotee of Eastern mysticism and even though I did not join that particular group, I cou... MARY GARDEN For a long period in my life - it lasted about 10 years - I had writer's block. MARY GARDEN In the early 1930s, flying from England to Australia was the longest flight in the world. It was con... MARY GARDEN A wonderful emotion to get things moving when one is stuck is anger. It was anger more than anything... MARY GARDEN My block was due to two overlapping factors: laziness and lack of discipline. MARY GARDEN It was not uncommon for the children to be told they were being treated this way because it was thei... MARY GARDEN Research on child abuse suggests that religious beliefs can foster, encourage, and justify the abuse... MARY GARDEN Life is obstinate and clings closest where it is most hated. MARY SHELLEY If God had not intended that Women shou'd use their Reason, He wou'd not have given them any... MARY ASTELL I long for my garden to be complete. Working in it is one of my joys, but it will never be finished ... MARY QUANT Stop the habit of wishful thinking and start the habit of thoughtful wishes. MARY MARTIN When people suffer, their relationships usually suffer as well. Period. And we all suffer because, a... MARY KARR