You've asked enough questions about evil. But you never asked once about love." So I asked him to tell me about it, but of course his definition lay beyond words. He just went on sitting with me in the dark and taking the weight of my pain.

Susan Howatch
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As we grow up we learn about the world and our place in it. But as adults, we sometimes forget how to live as a child again. In order to be able to live as a child again, we need to go back and start from the beginning. In order to do that, we need someone who can teach us how to live as a child again. In other words, no matter how old you are, you always have a need for a parent who will sit down and take the weight of our pain.

Source: The High Flyer

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