“The cultural insistence that parenting is the 'most important' job in the world is a smart way to satiate unappreciated women without doing a damn thing for them.”
“The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.”
“There is no parent more vulnerable to the excesses of overparenting than an unhappy parent. One of the most important things we do for our children is to present them with a version of adult life that is appealing and worth striving for.”
“You understood that there was no better thing in the world than to be kissed in the way she was kissing you, that this was without argument the single most important justification for being alive.”
“That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it.”
“That the truest experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it.”