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> [It's not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can't tell my children to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-maynard/it-s-not-only-children-who-grow-parents-do-too-as-much-as-we-watch-to/)

[Joyce Maynard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-maynard/)

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> [It's not only children who grow. Parents do too...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-maynard/it-s-not-only-children-who-grow-parents-do-too/)

[Joyce Maynard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-maynard/)

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## More by Joyce Maynard

> [The silence was part of the story I wanted to tell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-maynard/the-silence-was-part-of-the-story-i-wanted-to-tell/)

[Joyce Maynard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-maynard/)

> [A person who deserves my loyalty receives it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-maynard/a-person-who-deserves-my-loyalty-receives-it/)

[Joyce Maynard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-maynard/)

> [No, I said. I didn't remember that. There was so much to remember, sometimes the best thing was to forget.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-maynard/no-i-said-i-didn-t-remember-that-there-was-so-much-to-remember/)

[Joyce Maynard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-maynard/)

> [“I tried to think of what my father would tell me. 'Don't let any boy give you shit.' But he'd never said how we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-maynard/i-tried-to-think-of-what-my-father-would-tell-me-don-t-let-any-boy/)

[Joyce Maynard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-maynard/)

> [“It’s like life: sometimes the littlest thing turns out to be the most important.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-maynard/it-s-like-life-sometimes-the-littlest-thing-turns-out-to-be-the-most/)

[Joyce Maynard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-maynard/)

> [Growing up in the fifties and sixties, I can only remember knowing one child, ever, whose parents got a divorce, and hardly any whose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-maynard/growing-up-in-the-fifties-and-sixties-i-can-only-remember-knowing-one/)

[Joyce Maynard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-maynard/)

> [“She was in love with love.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-maynard/she-was-in-love-with-love/)

[Joyce Maynard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-maynard/)

> [I believe every one of us possesses a fundamental right to tell our own story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-maynard/i-believe-every-one-of-us-possesses-a-fundamental-right-to-tell-our/)

[Joyce Maynard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-maynard/)

> [I compromised my ability to tell my story, at the most basic level.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-maynard/i-compromised-my-ability-to-tell-my-story-at-the-most-basic-level/)

[Joyce Maynard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-maynard/)

> [I have no doubt that over the years my children will find plenty of things about me to criticize. But something tells me that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-maynard/i-have-no-doubt-that-over-the-years-my-children-will-find-plenty-of/)

[Joyce Maynard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-maynard/)

> [I believed my story would be helpful to young women my daughter's age, who are still in the process of forming themselves as women,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-maynard/i-believed-my-story-would-be-helpful-to-young-women-my-daughter-s-age/)

[Joyce Maynard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-maynard/)

> [Not only did I avoid speaking of Salinger; I resisted thinking about him. I did not reread his letters to me. The experience had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-maynard/not-only-did-i-avoid-speaking-of-salinger-i-resisted-thinking-about/)

[Joyce Maynard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-maynard/)

> [When people ask what I write about, that's what I tell them: 'The drama of human relationships.' I'm not even close to running out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-maynard/when-people-ask-what-i-write-about-that-s-what-i-tell-them-the-drama/)

[Joyce Maynard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-maynard/)

> [“They seemed to arrive at some form of friendship. Maybe they were like a couple of weary soldiers who went through a war together,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-maynard/they-seemed-to-arrive-at-some-form-of-friendship-maybe-they-were-like/)

[Joyce Maynard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-maynard/)

> [In the event of an oxygen shortage on airplanes, mothers of young children are always reminded to put on their own oxygen mask first,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-maynard/in-the-event-of-an-oxygen-shortage-on-airplanes-mothers-of-young/)

[Joyce Maynard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-maynard/)

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