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“A mathematical formula for happiness:Reality divided by Expectations.There were two ways to be happy:improve your reality or lower your expectations.”
― Nineteen Minutes
― Nineteen Minutes
“Can you hate someone for what they have done, but still love them for whom they had been?”
― Nineteen Minutes
― Nineteen Minutes
“newborns reminded her of tiny buddhas”
― Nineteen Minutes
― Nineteen Minutes
“A dutiful mother is someone who follows every step her child makes...And a good mother is someone whose child wants to follow her.”
― Handle with Care
― Handle with Care
“Was it the act of giving birth that made you a mother? Did you lose that label when you relinquished your child? If people were measured by their deeds, on the one hand, I had a woman who had chosen to give me up; on the other, I had a woman who'd sat up with me at night when I was sick as a child, who'd cried with me over boyfriends, who'd clapped fiercely at my law school graduation. Which acts made you more of a mother?
Both, I realized. Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life.”
― Handle with Care
Both, I realized. Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life.”
― Handle with Care
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