But parents, she supposed, were not the pinnacle of perfection their children thought or expected them to be. They were humans who usually did the best they could but often made the wrong choices.
The worst thing about loneliness is that it brings one face to face with oneself.
Why do I want to run from happiness?
Sometimes even the imagination lets one down.
Tears never were worth the effort of crying them.
I know it is something of a cliche to say that love makes all things possible, but I believe it does. It is not a magic wand that can be waved over life to make it all sweet and lovely and trouble free, but it can give the energy to fight the odds and win.