"Impossible to conceive a female life that might extend outside itself".
Ten years prior I had married, gave birth to a baby boy, rose in strength and stature in my career as a Private Chef, divorced, soared through a few years as a single mother, met the love of my life, conceived a miracle child and gave birth to a brand new beautiful life.
Ms. Zittel, famous for her nutty inventions for coping with modern life, has conceived a series of "sorting trays": thick plywood slabs with variously shaped compartments neatly cut in.
Drinking is so ingrained in our culture, many can't conceive of a life without alcohol.
When challenged with his 2004 statement that he "could not conceive of a life without writing", he replies: "I was wrong.
Fearful, or unable to conceive of a life beyond her own, she returned to the room, and to Walerski, who left through the door.
For as long as they live, the Winokurs hope to make sure there is a 4 Paws dog at Iyal's side; for now, they cannot conceive of a life without Chancer.
Even if automation provides people with the opportunity to find purpose elsewhere, it's not clear whether we'll be ready or able to conceive of a life of meaning which is totally disconnected from work.
Julie's fatal problem isn't so much that she cannot conceive of a life with a man from the lower orders, but that she is so tormented by her conflicting impulses that she cannot reconcile them, cannot accommodate herself to the choices any human life demands.
For most of us, it's hard to conceive of a life without power, yet a staggering 1.1 billion people on the planet do not have access to electricity.
I cannot conceive of a life without the close friendship of great storytellers like Dickens, Trollope, Austin, Hardy, the Brontes, Thackeray, Balzac, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Turgenev, Twain, Harte, and the literary Gods of our own American culture like Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Steinbeck, Roth, and hundreds of others of equal worth.
