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A gorgeous example of denial is the story about the little girl who was notified that a baby brother or sister was on the way. She listened in thoughtful silence, then raised her gaze from her mother's belly to her eyes and said, "Yes, but who will be the new baby's mommy?"

Judith Viorst

Judith Viorst (20th century), U.S. novelist and poet. Necessary Losses, ch. 6 (1986).

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