Sacrifice was nine tenths of parenting.

Zadie Smith
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  2. People talk about the happy quiet that can exist between two loves, but this, too, was great; sitting between his sister and his brother, saying nothing, eating. Before the world existed, before it was populated, and before there were wars and jobs and colleges and...

  3. In the end, your past is not my past and your truth is not my truth and your solution - is not my solution.

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