If you have one parent who loves you, even if they can't buy you clothes, they're so poor and they make all kinds of mistakes and maybe sometimes they even give you awful advice, but never for one moment do you doubt their love for you--if you have this, you have incredibly good fortune. If you have two parents who love you? You have won life's Lotto.If you do not have parents, or if the parents you have are so broken and so, frankly, terrible that they are no improvement over nothing, this is fine. It's not ideal because it's harder without adults who love you more than they love themselves. But harder is just harder, that's all. . Augusten Burroughs
About This Quote

This quote is also known as the "Parent Trap" and it's a line from the song "Parent Trap" by The Partridge Family. It talks about how lucky you are to have parents who love you and who care enough about your welfare to take the time and effort to raise you, even if they can't afford to buy you clothes or give you good advice. Without them, you'd be lost in the world and wouldn't know what to do with yourself.

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