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“The basic function of a parent is just to exist. You have to be there, like ballast in a boat, because otherwise your child capsizes.”
― My Friends
― My Friends
“that’s the worst thing about being a parent: that almost everyone does their best, but almost all fail regardless.”
― My Friends
― My Friends
“Do you know what the biggest thread to women’s health is?’’
‘’Men,’’ Louisa says, because all women know that.”
― My Friends
‘’Men,’’ Louisa says, because all women know that.”
― My Friends
“Being a parent is so strange, all our children's pain belongs to us, but so does their joy.”
― My Friends
― My Friends
“You can’t love someone out of addiction. All the oceans are the tears of those who have tried”
― My Friends
― My Friends
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