America is a country that seems forever to be toddler or teenager, at those two stages of human development characterized by conflict between autonomy and security. (Anna Quindlen)

America is a country that seems forever to be toddler or teenager, at those two stages of human development characterized by conflict between autonomy and security.

Anna Quindlen

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