“I can’t think of another relationship in one’s life where you actively root for the other person to outgrow you. Where the whole goal is for them to surpass you, to separate. That’s the fundamental tension of parent and child. You can’t wait for them to stop being so needy every second, and then they stop needing you every second, and it feels like a stake to the heart.”
― It. Goes. So. Fast.: The Year of No Do-Overs
― It. Goes. So. Fast.: The Year of No Do-Overs
“But my most fervent mother’s wish is just … that he be happy. That he find real friends, and a partner who is good to him and makes him laugh. That he live his life in a way that leaves others around him a little happier too. In the end, what else is there? What otherwise is the point of it all?”
― It. Goes. So. Fast.: The Year of No Do-Overs
― It. Goes. So. Fast.: The Year of No Do-Overs
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