Laura Moriarty (novelist) - The Rest of Her Life (2007)

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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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You could push people away, past their limits, even accidentally, and then it was just too late to get them back

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