Parenthood, like death, is an event for which it is nearly impossible to be prepared. It brings you into a new relationship with the fact of your own existence, a relationship in which one may be rendered helpless.
Rachel CuskHope is like one of those orchids that grows around toxic waste: lovely in itself - and an assertion, if you like, of indefatigable good - but a sure sign that something nasty lies underneath.
Rachel CuskThe creativity of childhood was often surrendered amid feelings of unworthiness. So the idea that ยญothers are demanding to be given it back - to be "taught" - is disturbing.
Rachel Cusk