Pero es que sucede algo cuando abrazas a alguien o te abrazan a ti. Hace que te sientas mejor. Aleja esas indeseables sensaciones de no valer nada.

People could hide. And hide well. Even the people you love the most.

A veces, tus propios pensamientos pueden matarte si no te libras de ellos.

Nunca he sido capaz de expresar mis sentimientos exteriormente, como Emma. Pero eso no significa que no los tenga por dentro.

It’s a big responsibility to be a parent. To know what to say and what not to say. Kids are blank slates, and everything we draw on them stays forever.

It’s so easy to think that we are important and that the things that happen to us are important. But the truth is, we are so small, so insignificant in the scope of even just our solar system, which is itself meaningless in the scope of the Universe. The truth is, nothing really matters unless we decide it matters.

Rosie stopped at the top of the stairs and let the memory play on. Cheep.

Feelings do not require justification.

But Owen agreed to settle, to spare the children. Anyone who’s worked in that field knows that the person who cares more about the children usually loses.

Reading parenting books – and all self-help books, as far as I’m concerned – is the equivalent of learning math from a dog.