Even if you yourself were unhappy and anxious, whenever you glimpsed happiness in your child, you suddenly became happy too. — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
The child who was happy with herself meant the parents had won the jackpot. — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“Having children had knocked it all into a different arrangement. The minute you had children, you closed ranks. You didn't plan this… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
But it had no doubt sprung from true emotion, for all that parents ever wanted, really, was for you to love their… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“And the child who was happy with herself meant the parents had won the jackpot.” — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“A child just wants to love her parents and to be loved, and it seems like it should be simple to do… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“Though Jonah felt transfixed inside his own childhood, no one else saw him as a child. He was already over the hump… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“For while they'd stayed close during the absurd years of his sharp rise, having children had knocked it all into a different… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
You stayed around your children as long as you could, inhaling the ambient gold shavings of their childhood, and at the last… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“When you lived a certain kind of life, pushed along by good colleges and internships and jobs and a shared, tranquil neighborhood… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“You sometimes heard about the marginally talented wives of powerful men publishing children's books or designing handbags or, most commonly, becoming photographers.… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
Being an adult child was an awkward, inevitable position. You went about your business in the world: tooling around, giving orders, being… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“She understood that it had never just been about talent: it had also always been about money. Ethan was brilliant at what… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
New teachers were just a part of life, for a few days after one arrived, squawks of interest were emitted from various corners, but… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“It was exhausting being a schizophrenic, which he was still convinced he was.” — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
I always thought it was the saddest and most devastating ending. How you could have these enormous dreams that never get met. How without… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
But clearly life took people and shook them around until finally they were unrecognizable even to those who had once known them well. Still,… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“This was a time of life, she understood, in which you might not know what you were, but that was all right. You judged… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“Another spell had been thrust upon her so long ago...She hadn't been able to see it but it was real. Otherwise why would you… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
Even if you yourself were unhappy and anxious, whenever you glimpsed happiness in your child, you suddenly became happy too. — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“The world of law was filled with the fallen, but theater wasn't. No one ever "fell back" onto theater. You had to really, really… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“Crema Seamans," Ethan repeated thoughtfully. "It's like a soup made from ... various semens. A medley of semens. It's a flavour of Campbell's soup… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
I've always been drawn to writing for young readers. The books that I read growing up remain in my mind very strongly. — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
