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The actual, original 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,' I have vague memories of because I was pretty small, but I loved, loved, loved it. I have only those weird, visceral little-kid memories: I remember the extreme flat, two dimensional green that was their skin or the weird pizza with no sauce - it was just like yellow, drippy cheese.

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Adrienne Rich

Nothing could have prepared me for the realization that I was a mother. . . when I knew I was still in a state of uncreation myself.

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