“ Maybe children just want whatever it is they don't get. And then they grow up and give their children what they wanted, be it silence or information, affection or independence--so that child, in turn,… Laura Moriarty
“ That's what spending time with the young can do -- it's the big payoff for all the pain. The young can exasperate, of course, and frighten, and condescend, and insult, and cut you with their still unr… Laura Moriarty
“ You could push people away, past their limits, even accidentally, and then it was just too late to get them back Laura Moriarty