“Such a system of checks and balances -- parenting -- of projections and guesswork and cost-benefit ratios.” — Gin Phillips Copy Share Image
“I hand over a lot of things when I'm home. Mom tells me she doesn't like my shirt I want to buy, and I… — Gin Phillips Copy Share Image
“Such a system of checks and balances -- parenting -- of projections and guesswork and cost-benefit ratios.” — Gin Phillips Copy Share Image
“With Lincoln, the line between their two selves is blurred. She bathes him and wipes off every bodily fluid, and he sticks his fingers… — Gin Phillips Copy Share Image
“A considerable part of parenting is pretending moods that you do not entirely feel.” — Gin Phillips Copy Share Image
“She cannot think of such things and still function, and she has needed to function, and she has never wanted to be one of… — Gin Phillips Copy Share Image
“…there was a pattern to how things were done, rules we followed. Not following meant not knowing what might happen.” — Gin Phillips Copy Share Image
“She doesn’t picture them as Arabic—she has been wondering, of course. But they do not sound like that kind of terrorist. They sound like… — Gin Phillips Copy Share Image
“With a lover you might have a perfect comfort with each other’s body, a sense that his body belongs to you and yours to… — Gin Phillips Copy Share Image
“I just want to know if a sound can create a boy. Or, if a woman becomes a mother when she thinks she hears… — Gin Phillips Copy Share Image
