A Quote by Eavan Boland
I was a foggy, erratic teenager: a fifth child, the last in the queue for conversation or attention.
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By not paying attention to your body, you are putting it in the same predicament as a neglected child. How can a child be expected to develop normally if the parents pay no attention, if they ignore its cries for help, and remain indifferent to whether their child is happy or unhappy?
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