She might be protective and possessive with her children whom she thought of as needing her, but with the… — Orson Scott Card

She might be protective and possessive with her children whom she thought of as needing her, but with the people she needed, she was the opposite. If she feared they would be taken from her, she withdrew from them; she stopped permitting herself to need them.

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