Winter

“There is no contradiction between loving someone and feeling burdened by that person; indeed, love tends to magnify the burden.”
― Andrew Solomon, Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity

“Life is enriched by difficulty; love is made more acute when it requires exertion.”
― andrew solomon, Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity

“I realized that I had demanded that my parents accept me but had resisted accepting them.”
― Andrew Solomon, Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity

“Labeling a child’s mind as diseased—whether with autism, intellectual disabilities, or transgenderism—may reflect the discomfort that mind gives parents more than any discomfort it causes their child. Much gets corrected that might better have been left alone.”
― andrew solomon, Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity