“the most important (and formative and effortless) thing a parent can do for a baby is to gaze into his or her face, to hold him or her close and engage the eyes. Could anything be simpler? Is anything more profound? Does anything more”
― Theo of Golden
― Theo of Golden
“Bad mercy don’t hurt nearly like bad justice”
― Theo of Golden
― Theo of Golden
“What a relationship looks like on the outside isn't the same as what it's like on the inside. You can be more in love with someone in your mind than with the person you see every day.”
― Girl in Translation
― Girl in Translation
“he would reach out to their owners again someday. Or mail them. With no return address. Theo had maintained a record of all the bestowals, with notes about each recipient, in the same small journal where he listed the names of plants, trees, and birds that he was encountering for the first time in Golden.”
― Theo of Golden
― Theo of Golden
“The hour was a pleasant combination of cool air and sunbathed pavement. The shadows of early evening were feather soft, and joie de vivre prevailed up and down the Promenade.”
― Theo of Golden
― Theo of Golden
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