"My love for the child asleep in the crib, the child's need for me, for my vigilance, had made my life valuable in a way that even the most abundantly offered love, my parents', my brother's, even Tom's, had failed to do. Love was required of me now--to be given, not merely to be sought and returned."

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Source : Alice McDermott (2013). “Someone: A Novel”, p.192, Macmillan

Alice McDermott

#Brother Quotes #Children Quotes #Parent Quotes

“Even very low-probability events can, and indeed do, occur.”

Source : Gavin Extence (2013). “The Universe versus Alex Woods”, p.67, Hachette UK
“In Moscow they do not pay much attention to the living but keep their cemeteries in a splendid state.”
“My concern is with the rhythms of nature I work inside out, like nature.”
“Spring is the time of plans and projects.”
“The first thing that a person finds in life and the last to which he holds out his hand, and the most precious that he possess, even if he does not realize it, is family life.”
“I remind myself that I don't have the ability to completely manipulate reality to be exactly what I want it to be. So now that reality is antithetical to what I want, how I can feel into it and act skillfully rather than react? How can I choose my best course of action while not pretending I don't have the pain, or running away from the pain, or blaming someone else for the circumstances of my life?”
“Kyra Sedgwick told me, 'Keep your heart where your feet are' and that's incredibly difficult to do. It takes a lot of concentration. You've got to be conscientious of each other.”
“Sometimes it takes the better part of a lifetime to find out what your passion is, but in my observation, if you do, it might be the best part of your life.”

Source : Jane Pauley (2014). “Your Life Calling: Reimagining the Rest of Your Life”, p.9, Simon and Schuster

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