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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Love is the same as like except you feel sexier.

Love is the same as like except you feel sexier.

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...

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...

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...

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 could be such a wonderful wife to another wifes husband.

I could be such a wonderful wife to another wifes husband.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

Joel, I'm not a concept. I want you to just keep that in your head....

Joel, I'm not a concept. I want you to just keep that in your head....

True love stories never have endings

True love stories never have endings

Marriage is a wonderful invention: then again, so is a bicycle repair kit.

Marriage is a wonderful invention: then again, so is a bicycle repair kit.

Treading the soil of the moon, palpitating its pebbles, tasting the panic and splendor of...

Treading the soil of the moon, palpitating its pebbles, tasting the panic and splendor of...