Jackie Ostrowicki
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“He carries what he feels for people deep inside. Even as a kid he was that way,” Aunt Margaret said. “Your momma knows that.” But I had wondered then as I did now what good love was that couldn’t be expressed.”
― Saints at the River
― Saints at the River
“Help your father
As he ages
And loses his strength
For it was he who sheltered you
And protected you from the storms
KhoiSan Book of Wisdom”
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As he ages
And loses his strength
For it was he who sheltered you
And protected you from the storms
KhoiSan Book of Wisdom”
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“Every child grows up thinking their father is a hero or villain until they are old enough to realize that he is just a man”
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“It was during those years that I discovered that loving [my father] was like sticking a blade into my own heart. It got me nowhere, except awake in the middle of the night, recalling the years when my father was the strongest, the smartest, the funniest, and I lay curled in my bed, wondering why I had been cheated out of a father who loved me, and one I could love in return.”
― Where the Peacocks Sing: A Palace, a Prince, and the Search for Home
― Where the Peacocks Sing: A Palace, a Prince, and the Search for Home
“We are born with our father's names. We are not responsible for their failures. We are responsible for what they made us believe in. That is our only obligation. And it is even then a choice which we may sometimes be wise to ignore.”
― The Goblins of Eros
― The Goblins of Eros
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