“I have learned that all anyone ever wants is to feel at peace with the sadness and love they have cobbled together into a life, with opportunities missed and those misguidedly taken...”
― The Kingdom of Childhood
― The Kingdom of Childhood
“I felt confident to handle an angry midwife, especially in the kitchen, but less sure of how to manage Russ. Most likely he would turn up the Ken Burns Jazz Collection and think harder about fish.”
― The Kingdom of Childhood
― The Kingdom of Childhood
“I felt anxiety taxiing inside me like a plan down a runway, filling my mind with the shrilling thought of the loss, the loss, the loss.”
― The Kingdom of Childhood
― The Kingdom of Childhood
“And this...was the natural order: love everywhere, and also, a terrible mess.”
― The Kingdom of Childhood
― The Kingdom of Childhood
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