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Our father presents an optional set of rhythms and responses for us to connect to. As a second home base, he makes it safer to roam. With him as an ally—a love—it is safer, too, to show that...
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Judith Viorst (20th century), U.S. novelist and poet. Necessary Losses, ch. 5 (1986).
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''Because we believe ourselves to be better parents than our parents, we expect to produce "better" children than they produced.''
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Judith Viorst (20th century), U.S. novelist and poet. Necessary Losses, ch. 14 (1986).
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''With four walk-in closets to walk in,
Three bushes, two shrubs, and one tree,
The suburbs are good for the children,
But no place for grown-ups to be.''
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Judith Viorst (b. 1935), U.S. poet, journalist. "The Suburbs Are Good for the Children," It's Hard To Be Hip Over Thirty and Other Tragedies of Marrie...
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''It's true love because
If he said quit drinking martinis but I kept on drinking them
and the next morning I couldn't get out of bed,
He wouldn't tell me he told me.''
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Judith Viorst (b. 1935), U.S. poet, journalist. "True Love."
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