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Mothers born on relief have their babies on relief. Nothingness, truly, seems to be the condition of these New York people. They are nomads going from one rooming house to another, looking for a toilet that functions.

Elizabeth Hardwick
Mother, Baby, New York
Elizabeth Hardwick (2017). “The Collected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick”, p.107, New York Review of Books
Mothers born on relief have their babies on relief. Nothingness, truly, seems to be the condition of these New York people. They are nomads going from one rooming house to another, looking for a toilet that functions.