"Maybe children just want whatever it is they……" — Laura Moriarty
"Maybe children just want whatever it is they don't get. And then they grow up and give their children what they wanted, be it silence or information, affection or independence--so that child, in turn, craves something else. With every generation the pendulum swings from opposite to opposite, stillness and peace so elusive."
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Laura Moriarty
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12 Quotes by Laura Moriarty
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Worrying was painful .... but compared to the alternative, a privilege
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This life is mine because of good luck. And because I reached out and took it.
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One way to remain unfinished is to stop. the other is to go on.
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Shooting stars are not really stars at all but meteorites, burning their way through our atmosphere, sometimes landing in the…
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My mother says that when Mrs. Rowley is mean, which is generally the case, it is really because she is…
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You could push people away, past their limits, even accidentally, and then it was just too late to get them…
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I know that sometimes when you are really worried about something, it ends up not being nearly as bad as…
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Someone needs to give the Pope thirteen babies. Just for a week or so. See how he likes no birth…
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It's like swimming, underwater, this whole year. I just close my eyes. hold my breath, and keep kicking.
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This is how it is now. This is my life.
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The young can exasperate, of course, and frighten, and condescend, and insult, and cut you with their still unrounded edges.…
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