“To get a hug from your dad makes you feel safer than just about anything in the world, and in his arms, you don’t have to be brave or strong or selfless. You’re daddy’s little girl again, and just knowing he’s there makes everything a little better, even if it doesn’t really change anything.”
― If You Only Knew
― If You Only Knew
“Have you any idea how many children it takes to turn off one light in the kitchen Three. It takes one to say What light and two more to say I didn't turn it on.”
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“Wendy," Peter Pan continued in a voice that no woman has ever yet been able to resist, "Wendy, one girl is more use than twenty boys.”
― Peter Pan
― Peter Pan
“So how on earth can I bring a child into the world, knowing that such sorrow lies ahead, that it is such a large part of what it means to be human?
I'm not sure. That's my answer: I'm not sure.”
― Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year
I'm not sure. That's my answer: I'm not sure.”
― Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year
“It's come at last", she thought, "the time when you can no longer stand between your children and heartache.”
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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