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“The best place to cry is on a mother's arms.”
“Then Henry speaks again. "Did he do it?"I turn to him slowly. "Does it matter?”
“My dad used to say that living with regrets was like driving a car that only moved in reverse.”
“We all know that a sky with clouds in it is much more interesting than one that doesnt have any.”
“It's never the differences between people that surprise us. It's the things that, against all odds, we have in common.”
“I [Jacob Hunt, Aspie] see it as the next step of evolution: I cannot take away your sadness, so why should I acknowledge it?”
“I don't understand why people never say what they mean. It's like the immigrants who come to a country and learn the language but are completely baffled by idioms. (Seriously, how could anyone who ...”
“We're [parents]) always bluffing, pretending we know best, when most of the time we're just praying we won't screw up too badly.”
“This is where I go, when I go:It's a room with no windows and no doors, and walls that are thin enough for me to see and hear everything but too thick to break through.I'm there, but I'm not there....”
“Motherhood is a Sisyphean task. You finish sewing one seam shut, and another rips open. I have come to believe that this life I'm wearing will never really fit.”
“I cannot admit this out loud. In the first place, we are expected to be supermoms these days, instead of admitting that we have flaws. It is tempting to believe that all mothers wake up feeling fre...”
“On the other hand, I think cats have Asperger's. Like me, they're very smart. And like me, sometimes they simply need to be left alone.”
“It's the child who's supposed to cry, and the mom who makes it all better, not the other way around, which is why mothers will move heaven and earth to hold it together in front of their own kids.”
“I don't know what he means by that, but I nod and smile at him. You'd be surprised at how far that response can get you in a conversation where you are completely confused.”
