People who endure childhoods like mine tend to go one of two ways, a therapist once told me. Either they try to give their kids the kind of parenting they wish they’d had, or they avoid children altogether.
“Coincidences happen, but I've come to believe they are actually quite rare. Something is at work, okay? Somewhere in the universe (or behind it), a great machine is ticking and turning its fabulous gears.”
― 11/22/63
― 11/22/63
“In America, where surface has always passed for substance, people always believe guys like Frank Dunning.”
― 11/22/63
― 11/22/63
“Better never means better for everyone, he says. It always means worse, for some.”
― The Handmaid's Tale
― The Handmaid's Tale
“So, yes, I was jealous of him—because it will always be easy for him. And he will never know what it is to look up at the night sky and wish.”
― A Court of Mist and Fury
― A Court of Mist and Fury
“I think a trauma doesn’t stop just because you’ve been rescued.”
― The Butterfly Garden
― The Butterfly Garden
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