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To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.
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"To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other."
— Karl Shapiro

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To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other. — Karl Shapiro

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Karl Shapiro was a Poet from United States (1913–2000).

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Who said "To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not w…"?
This quote is attributed to Karl Shapiro, a Poet from United States.
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Karl Shapiro lived from 1913 – 2000.