Mad Honey

by Jodi Picoult

We are so lucky to have our children, even for a little while, but we take them for granted. We make the stupid assumption that as long as we are here, they will be, too, though that’s never been part of the contract.

“Not because I’ll stop missing her. Because I’ll get so used to that, it’ll become the new normal.”

you don’t ever recover from losing someone you love—even the ones you leave behind because you’re better off without them.

“Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose,”

“It means the more things change, the more they stay the same.”