"There are times as a parent when you……" — Ayelet Waldman
"There are times as a parent when you realize that your job is not to be the parent you always imagined you'd be, the parent you always wished you had. Your job is to be the parent your child needs, given the particulars of his or her own life and nature."
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85 Quotes by Ayelet Waldman
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Courage is impulsive; it is narcissism tempered with nihilism.
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I love my husband more than I love my children,
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