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Parenthood abruptly catapults us into a permanent relationship with a stranger.

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Andrew Solomon
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Parenthood abruptly catapults us into a permanent relationship with a stranger, and the more alien the stranger, the stronger the whiff of negativity. We depend on the guarantee in our children's faces that we will not die. Children whose defining quality annihilates that fantasy of immortality are a particular insult; we must love them for themselves, and not for the best of ourselves in them, and that is a great deal harder to do. Loving our own children is an exercise for the imagination.

Andrew Solomon

I want a permanent relationship, and I might feel inclined to reject anything which of its nature could not be permanent.

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The energy of gratitude catapults us into the most profound experiences imaginable.

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John Welwood

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.

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Yoga is a part of who I am. It has given me a permanent relationship. A relationship between my body, my mind, and my emotions.

Mandy Ingber

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Jon Kyl

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Tina Smith

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Relationships are forever. They are eternal. Not just permanent in this lifetime. Once you establish a relationship, it is an eternal relationship.

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