We will have to give up the hope that, if we try hard, we somehow will always do right by our children. The connection is imperfect. We will sometimes do wrong.

Quote by Judith Viorst

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Lust is what keeps you wanting to do it even when you have no desire...

Lust is what keeps you wanting to do it even when you have no desire...

Superstition is foolish, childish, primitive and irrational - but how much does it cost you...

Superstition is foolish, childish, primitive and irrational - but how much does it cost you...

When he is late for dinner and I know he must be either having an...

When he is late for dinner and I know he must be either having an...

Although marriages traditionally begin with I do, when they fail they invariably end with You...

Although marriages traditionally begin with I do, when they fail they invariably end with You...

One advantage of marriage, it seems to me, is that when you fall out of...

One advantage of marriage, it seems to me, is that when you fall out of...

Close friends contribute to our personal growth. They also contribute to our personal pleasure, making...

Close friends contribute to our personal growth. They also contribute to our personal pleasure, making...

I could be such a wonderful wife to another wife's husband.

I could be such a wonderful wife to another wife's husband.

Because we believe ourselves to be better parents than our parents, we expect to produce...

Because we believe ourselves to be better parents than our parents, we expect to produce...

Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a...

Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a...

You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the...

You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the...

Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare...

Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare...

Infatuation is when you think he's as sexy as Robert Redford, as smart as Henry...

Infatuation is when you think he's as sexy as Robert Redford, as smart as Henry...

Love is the same as like except you feel sexier.

Love is the same as like except you feel sexier.

For some it takes a lifetime to find true love, But for the lucky ones...

For some it takes a lifetime to find true love, But for the lucky ones...

One advantage of marriage is that, when you fall out of love with him or...

One advantage of marriage is that, when you fall out of love with him or...

Strength is the ability to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare...

Strength is the ability to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare...

You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the...

You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the...

I'll tell 'ya how to stay young: Hang around with older people

I'll tell 'ya how to stay young: Hang around with older people

Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get...

Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get...

To remain young one must change. The perpetual campus hero is not a young man...

To remain young one must change. The perpetual campus hero is not a young man...