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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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...

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...

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...

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...

Love is the same as like except you feel sexier.

Love is the same as like except you feel sexier.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Love is a sickness full of woes, All remedies refusing; A plant that with most...

Love is a sickness full of woes, All remedies refusing; A plant that with most...

The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they...

The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they...

To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you...

To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you...