"Even if you yourself were unhappy and anxious, whenever you glimpsed happiness in your child, you suddenly became happy too."

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Source : Meg Wolitzer (2008). “The Ten-Year Nap”, p.209, Penguin

Meg Wolitzer

#Children Quotes #Unhappy Quotes #Your Children Quotes

“Like: 'Don't walk out there with one hand in your pocket unless there's somethin' in there you're going to bring out.' You gotta commit. You've gotta go out there and improvise and you've gotta be completely unafraid to die. You've got to be able to take a chance to die. And you have to die lots. You have to die all the time.”
“Enthusiasm is a divine possession.”
“Normally, however, I try to avoid repetitions of any shot.”
“Too much of nothing can turn a man into a liar. It can cause one man to sleep on nails and another to eat fire.”
“Women aren't embarrassed when they buy men's pajamas, but a man buying a nightgown acts as though he were dealing with a dope peddler.”
“The sweeter sound of woman's praise.”
“But hurry, let's entwine ourselves as one, our mouth broken, our soul bitten by love, so time discovers us safely destroyed.”
“All the different styles I've played have really helped me as a guitarist and helped me develop my own way of playing.”

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