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“That's the nature of being a parent, Sabine has discovered. You'll love your children far more than you ever loved your parents, and -- in the recognition that your own children cannot fathom the depth of your love -- you come to understand the tragic, unrequited love of your own parents.”
Ursula Hegi“Being a parent is like being a catcher. You gotta handle whatever is thrown your way.”
Tom Swyers“...[E]ven I know that being a parent is awful ninety-five percent of the time...As far as I can tell, it's that last five percent that keeps the human race from dying out. Four parts blinding terror, one part perfection. It's like mainlining heroin. One taste of life on that edge and you're hooked.”
Kimberly McCreight, Reconstructing Amelia“My father once said about being a parent that it is the only thing you do that requires a very long period of learning, and at about the time that you are becoming competent, you don't need the skills anymore. Notwithstanding this modest assessment of their parenting skills, they were wonderful parents.”
Michael Spence“Being a parent is joyful, but it's also haunted by the specter of loss.”
Richard Beck, Reviving Old Scratch: Demons and the Devil for Doubters and the Disenchanted“I think part of being a parent is trying to kill your kids.”
Stephen King, Christine“The most incredible thing about being a parent is seeing your own personality come out in your children.”
Anonymous“Being a parent is dirty and scary and beautiful and hard and miraculous and exhausting and thankless and joyful and frustrating all at once. It’s everything. (Confessions of a Scary Mommy, Gallery Books 2012).”
Jill Smokler, Confessions of a Scary Mommy: An Honest and Irreverent Look at Motherhood: The Good, The Bad, and the Scary