“You don't tolerate parenthood. You don't survive it. You grow with it.”
“Don't get so tolerant that you tolerate intolerance.”
“If you don't feel it, flee from it. Go where you are celebrated, not merely tolerated.”
“When you grow older a dreadful, horrible sensation will come over you. It's called loneliness, and you think you know what it is now, but you don't. Here is a list of the symptoms, and don't worry-loneliness is the most universal sensation on the planet. Just remember one fact-loneliness will pass. You will survive and you will be a better human for it.”
“If you didn't grow up like I did then you don't know, and if you don't know it's probably better you don't judge.”
“You don't do that. You don't just leave your family. Sticking together... it's the only way to survive.”