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“I’m going to be fine,” I recite, because that’s my fucking mantra.
“People without children thought that having a newborn was the hardest part of parenthood, that upside down, the day is night twilight zone feedings and toothless wails. But parents knew better. Parents knew that the hardest part of parenthood was figuring out how to do the right thing in 24 hours a day, forever, and surviving all the times you failed.”
― All Adults Here
― All Adults Here
“There was no excuse, except for the excuse that perfection was impossible, and failure inevitable.”
― All Adults Here
― All Adults Here
“So much of becoming an adult was distancing yourself from your childhood experiences and pretending they didn’t matter, then growing to realize they were all that mattered and composed 90 percent of your entire being.”
― All Adults Here
― All Adults Here
“This was the job of a parent: to fuck up, over and over again. This was the job of a child: to grow up anyway.”
― All Adults Here
― All Adults Here
Katie’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Katie’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
426 books
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10 friends
3,619 books
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4,309 books
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106 friends
300 books
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79 friends
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150 friends
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