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Jaclyn

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Jaclyn is Currently Reading

Jaclyn is currently reading

BoyMom: Reimagining Boyhood in the Age of Impossible Masculinity

by Ruth Whippman (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, non-fiction, parenting, scotland

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"“They’re losing the attention span and social muscle to interact in the real world, a skill set that includes the ability to parse verbal and nonverbal social cues, tolerate and overcome moments of boredom and awkwardness, cope with rejection, and sustain a more involved conversation that goes deeper than the more immediate and superficial rewards of a video game or meme.”" — 15 hours, 24 min ago

Jan 15, 2026 06:57AM

Jaclyn’s Quotes

“Yes, I want money more than anything else in the world.”

“Then you’ve made the only choice. But there’s a penalty attached, as there is to most things you want. It’s loneliness.”
― Margaret Mitchell, Gone With the Wind

tags: truth

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“Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”
― Marthe Troly-Curtin, Phrynette Married

tags: happiness, misattributed-john-lennon, procrastination, time

20996 likes

“If you want to love a parent you have to understand the incredible investment he or she has in you. If you are a parent, and you want to be loved, you have to deserve it.”
― Jodi Picoult, Songs of the Humpback Whale

tags: parenting

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“Child, it's a very bad thing for a woman to face the worst that can happen to her, because after she's faced the worst she can't ever really fear anything again. ...Scarlett, always save something to fear— even as you save something to love...”
― Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

tags: fear, love, relationship

406 likes

“I can live alone, if self-respect, and circumstances require me so to do. I need not sell my soul to buy bliss. I have an inward treasure born with me, which can keep me alive if all extraneous delights should be withheld, or offered only at a price I cannot afford to give.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

tags: eyre, jane

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