I’m sorry, ’ I whispered. I didn’t know whether I was sympathizing with her broken heart or apologizing for a family who had had theirs broken, too.

Chelsey Philpot
About This Quote

This quote captures the feelings of many people who have been involved in an unkind and harsh family situation. Families can often be difficult and even cruel to one another, but they should never be cruel to their own. The family of Willa Cather, for instance, had just lost the youngest member of the family, Virginia, who had died of diphtheria. The family had been her constant caretaker and she had grown up without a mother's love or a father's affection.

Source: Even In Paradise

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