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I started this book to forgive my parents and ended it by becoming a parent. Understanding backward liberated me to live forward.

Andrew Solomon

In the subconscious fantasies that make conception look so alluring, it is often ourselves that we would like to see live forever, not someone with a personality of his own.

Andrew Solomon

Insofar as our children resemble us, they are our most precious admirers, and insofar as they differ, they can be our most vehement distractors. From the beginning, we tempt them into imitation of us and long for what may be life's most profound compliment: their choosing to live according to our own system of values. Though many of us take pride in how different we are from our parents, we are endlessly sad at how different our children are from us.

Andrew Solomon

We live in the right time, even if it doesn't always feel like it.

Andrew Solomon