“I can cure Ralph. Because it’s what I was born to do. Remember that, Abby, vanquishing this depression is your true calling as a wife. Just like every woman in a television commercial has a true calling–kill the bacteria and save your family; buy the healthy snacks and save your family; use the perfume and save your family. Just like those women, I have a calling, and I am listening for it, and I’ll try out new things every day: make perfect fried-egg sandwiches and save your family; clean up the blood with biodegradable soaps and save your family; tear up the carpet and bury the ring and put him to sleep with your body.”
–Ainslie Hogarth, Motherthing.