I believe that words are strong, that they can overwhelm what we fear when fear seems more awful than life is good.
Andrew SolomonI think it's up to the parents to determine whether what they're doing is consigning their child to difficulty. It's not as though they were crippling their children after they were born.
Andrew SolomonThe idea of anyone contemplating our family and witnessing the affection that we all have for one another and seeing evil in it is deeply hurtful and sad; and also deeply bewildering.
Andrew Solomon