“When I meet the parents of someone close to me, I can't help but imagine the boy or girl they once were, bring them onstage to pose beside their older incarnation. Something about that picture oppresses me. Parents are the peephole you look through to spy on childhood.” FamilyChildhoodParentsConnectionFamily RelationshipsConditioningFamily Influence Book:La encomienda Source: La encomienda
“When she notices my silence she goes quiet and sighs. I guess she, too, gets fed up with the weight of incomprehension. I guess that on top of seeming like a sister who is detached, dejected and discourteous, I also come off as an arrogant person. Kinship isn't enough for her, either, of course it isn't. In cases like ours, getting along isn't a question of magic or chemistry or affinity, but of tenacity, toughness and torturous toiling.” Family RelationshipsSisterhoodSiblingsKinshipPersonalitiesFamily DynamicsHuman Complexity Book:La encomienda Source: La encomienda