I found it very comforting to see that there is no such thing as a completely normal family. People find their way through whatever the differences may be.
Andrew SolomonI hate the comparative idea that you have to love your spouse more than you love your parents.
Andrew SolomonI was overpowered by being in the world, by other people and their lives I couldn’t lead, their jobs I couldn’t do - overpowered even by jobs I would never want or need to do.
Andrew SolomonHaving always imagined myself in a fairly slim minority, I suddenly saw that I was in a vast company. Difference unites us. While each of these experiences can isolate those who are affected, together they compose an aggregate of millions whose struggles connect them profoundly. The exceptional is ubiquitous; to be entirely typical is the rare and lonely state.
Andrew Solomon