Brian Ott

“Never,” Penn agreed. “Not ever. Not once. You never know. You only guess. This is how it always is. You have to make these huge decisions on behalf of your kid, this tiny human whose fate and future is entirely in your hands, who trusts you to know what’s good and right and then to be able to make that happen. You never have enough information. You don’t get to see the future. And if you screw up, if with your incomplete, contradictory information you make the wrong call, well, nothing less than your child’s entire future and happiness is at stake. It’s impossible. It’s heartbreaking. It’s maddening. But there’s no alternative.”
― Laurie Frankel, This Is How It Always Is

“Families always seem to me like this weird accident.” “What do you mean?” Opal asked. “I don’t know,” said Erica. She gestured with both hands, fingers splayed. “It’s almost as if a bunch of people who have absolutely no reason to be together all drew straws and somehow wound up on the same commune.”
― Meg Wolitzer, This Is My Life