“But as surely as the moon rises and the sun sets, depravity passes down through the ages, because there is always a gap between who we are and who we should be, and our parents, molested by regret, conceive us under the false hope that we will be better than them, and everything they do, every hug and blow, only makes certain that we never will be.” ShouldAgeCertainParentSunRegretMoonBlowWho We AreGapsHugDepravityFalse HopeSun SetMoon Rise Book:The Children's Hospital Source: The Children's Hospital
“It seemed a marvel to her that any mortal should suffer for lack of love, and yet she had never known a mortal who didn't feel unloved. There was enough love just in this ugly hallway, she thought, that no one should ever feel the lack of it again. She peered at the parents, imagining their hearts like machines, manufacturing surfeit upon surfeit of love for their children, and then wondered how something could be so awesome and so utterly powerless.” FeelsShouldHeartChildrenEnoughSufferingParentKnownMachinesMedicineUglyMedicalMortalsPowerlessManufacturingHallwaysUnlovedLack Of LoveEnough Love Book:The Great Night: A Novel Source: The Great Night: A Novel