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The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest. The repose of the night does not belong to us. It is not the possession of our being. Sleep opens within us an inn for phantoms. In the morning we must sweep out the shadows.
Kids are a great analogy. You want your kids to grow up and you don't want your kids to grow up. You want your kids to become independent of you but it's also a parent's worst nightmare: That they won't need you. It's like the real tragedy of parenting.
Quotes By Jonathan Safran Foer
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We've made science experiments of ourselves and our children.
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I'm interested in the kind of religion that makes life harder. I'm not so...
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Just about every children's book in my local bookstore has an animal for its...
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We say no to lots of things that would please us. I would like to punch...
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There is a glaring reason that the necessary total ban on nontherapeutic use...
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I usually write away from home in coffee shops on trains on planes in...
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Jews have a special relationship to books and the Haggadah has been...
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I'm not funny. People assume that because my books are funny I'll be funny...
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The kind of funny irony is that a lot of people talk about ethical meat...
Quotes About Parenting
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I'm hosting weekend retreats all over America. It is like a 24-hour slumber...
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For me Twitter works best as a way of taking pictures of being stuck in...
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I'm a parent especially when you've had the intense parenting the way I had....
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Parents are key when it comes to keeping kids off drugs. Good parenting is...
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I'm torn about late parenting. I believe people should spend their twenties...
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The number of stressors has multiplied exponentially: traffic money success...
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I grew up with no money. My kids will grow up with a lot of money and so it's...
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If there is any truth to my parenting the dreamwork movement it comes from...
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Parenting is not for sissies. You have to sacrifice and grow up.
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For decades parents were told by so-called parenting 'experts' that...