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> [“Rosie was also used to conflicting emotions, for she was a mother and knew every moment of every day that no one out in the world could ever love or value or nurture her children as well as she could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-frankel/rosie-was-also-used-to-conflicting-emotions-for-she-was-a-mother-and/)

[Laurie Frankel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-frankel/)

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## More by Laurie Frankel

> [“You have to make these huge decisions on behalf of your kid, this tiny human whose fate and future is entirely in your hands,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-frankel/you-have-to-make-these-huge-decisions-on-behalf-of-your-kid-this-tiny/)

[Laurie Frankel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-frankel/)

> [“But by the time those acquaintances became close friends, it was too late. Perhaps there was a perfect moment in between, when you were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-frankel/but-by-the-time-those-acquaintances-became-close-friends-it-was-too/)

[Laurie Frankel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-frankel/)

> [“Parenthood is like that...the harder the choice, the less likely any of the options are good ones”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-frankel/parenthood-is-like-that-the-harder-the-choice-the-less-likely-any-of/)

[Laurie Frankel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-frankel/)

> [“...ultimately, eventually, we let go. We do this not because we're ready. We do this not because we've mended. We do this not because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-frankel/ultimately-eventually-we-let-go-we-do-this-not-because-we-re-ready-we/)

[Laurie Frankel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-frankel/)

> [“How did you teach your small human that it’s what’s inside that counts when the truth was everyone was pretty preoccupied with what you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-frankel/how-did-you-teach-your-small-human-that-it-s-what-s-inside-that/)

[Laurie Frankel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-frankel/)

> [“The real trick is you have to forge your way straight ahead through the trees where there is no path.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-frankel/the-real-trick-is-you-have-to-forge-your-way-straight-ahead-through/)

[Laurie Frankel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-frankel/)

> [“Poems are surmountable. They have rhymes and rhythms to help you make meaning. They're short enough. . . to read and reread until you've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-frankel/poems-are-surmountable-they-have-rhymes-and-rhythms-to-help-you-make/)

[Laurie Frankel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-frankel/)

> [“Rosie was also used to conflicting emotions, for she was a mother and knew every moment of every day that no one out in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-frankel/rosie-was-also-used-to-conflicting-emotions-for-she-was-a-mother-and/)

[Laurie Frankel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-frankel/)

> [“Writing a novel is like making soup. The base is a broth we make up wholesale—for instance, I have one child, not five, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-frankel/writing-a-novel-is-like-making-soup-the-base-is-a-broth-we-make-up/)

[Laurie Frankel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-frankel/)

> [“Easy is nice, but it’s not as good as getting to be who you are or stand up for what you believe in,” said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-frankel/easy-is-nice-but-it-s-not-as-good-as-getting-to-be-who-you-are-or/)

[Laurie Frankel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-frankel/)

> [“Turns out fixing people up is not how we make money. It's failing to fix people up while still giving them hope that soon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-frankel/turns-out-fixing-people-up-is-not-how-we-make-money-it-s-failing-to/)

[Laurie Frankel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-frankel/)

> [“. . . there was nothing yet to fear, and so he passed it off as joy, as heart-pounding, pulse-quaking joy. Not as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-frankel/there-was-nothing-yet-to-fear-and-so-he-passed-it-off-as-joy-as-heart/)

[Laurie Frankel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-frankel/)

> [“What was clear, however, was that the Buddha was born male, then cut off all his hair one day and got enlightened, then ended…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-frankel/what-was-clear-however-was-that-the-buddha-was-born-male-then-cut-off/)

[Laurie Frankel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-frankel/)

> [“Lot of clinics in Bangkok do surgery but mostly for foreigner. Many kathoey here let be. Which parts not what matter. Is soul, how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-frankel/lot-of-clinics-in-bangkok-do-surgery-but-mostly-for-foreigner-many/)

[Laurie Frankel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-frankel/)

> [“For my child, for all our children, I want more options, more paths through the woods, wider ranges of normal, and unconditional love.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-frankel/for-my-child-for-all-our-children-i-want-more-options-more-paths/)

[Laurie Frankel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-frankel/)

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