Diana

“But you never got to mourn the previous version of yourself - they simply disappeared.”
― Lina Patton, The Lake Club

“All of these things were once new, and were purchased with the hope and optimism that they'd be put to their intended use. Maybe some of them where, but certainly many of them were not...It suddenly all seems unbearably sad.”
― Meg Mitchell Moore, Down with the Shipmans

“But the point of holidays—the point of family—was to mind everyone’s business.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Cherry Baby

“We think of childhood as a time for the child, ts length being considerably greater than the development time of all other mammals, and we conclude it is because the child needs a certain number of years for growth before adulthood. But maybe its length is meant for us too - a slow, drawn-out release of the reins, a letting go that lasts over a period of many years, a transferring of the relay baton, slowed down to imperceptible movements.”
― Ginny Yurich, Until the Streetlights Come On: How a Return to Play Brightens Our Present and Prepares Kids for an Uncertain Future