We will have to give up the hope that, if we try hard, we somehow will always do right by our children. The connection is imperfect. We will sometimes do wrong.
Judith ViorstLove is when you realize that he's as sexy as Woody Allen, as smart as Jimmy Connors, as funny as Ralph Nader, as athletic as Henry Kissinger and nothing like Robert Redford - but you'll take him anyway.
Judith ViorstYou end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, and the children you have earned.
Judith ViorstBecause we believe ourselves to be better parents than our parents, we expect to produce better children than they produced.
Judith Viorst