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thinks about how good it feels to finally have something worth sharing.
He could turn himself inside out and show her his wounds, and it would be okay.
“Just be aware that what you achieve doesn’t matter as much as what kind of person you are,”
Marriage is a gamble with even odds; half the time it works, half the time it doesn’t.
What do you need to create a life, after all? Food, clothing, shelter, a person to love.
What does it take to know a person? Time. It takes time.
In later years, she came to realize that the only person’s approval she needed was her own.
“And the worst thing about being young is not being able to appreciate that you’re young because you aren’t old enough to know any better.”
Be present. Don’t worry about the what-ifs.”
“Kids do this the summer before they leave for college,”
“They separate so that it’s less painful for them when you say goodbye. It’s completely normal.”
How is anyone expected to devote eighteen years to raising a child and then, one day, just leave him in an unfamiliar place among strangers twelve hundred miles from home?
