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It would evidently take more than a political regime, more than dire poverty to stop a woman from wanting to be well-dressed: it was a desire as old as the world, as old as the desire for children.

Sijie Dai
Children, Political, Desire
Sijie Dai (2002). “Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress”, Anchor
It would evidently take more than a political regime, more than dire poverty to stop a woman from wanting to be well-dressed: it was a desire as old as the world, as old as the desire for children.