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“Yet the most remarkable thing about losing a parent is that you don't even need to miss them for their loss to be felt. The basic function of a parent is just to exist. You have to be there, like ballast in a boat, because otherwise your child capsizes.”
― Fredrik Backman, My Friends

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“Things happened to you, I began. As things do. But events are neutral. To the extent they make you suffer, that's on you.”
― Maria Semple, Go Gentle

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“It is in the times of greatest danger that we must summon our greatest courage.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau

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“While your parents are alive a part of you remains a child. But once they are gone.....
Everything feels different, I finish for him, throat suddenly tight. Like your safety net has disappeared.”
― Kelly Rimmer, The Paris Agent

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“In all of us, there is a child that exists while we have our parents.”
― j l witterrick

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