“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
“but this was what happened: you turned unto you mother, unless you turned into your father. That, anyway, was what happened if you let life smooth you down, plane away the edges that made you different.” IdentityPersonal GrowthFamily Influence Book:Dead Lions Source: Dead Lions
“but this was what happened: you turned into you mother, unless you turned into your father. That, anyway, was what happened if you let life smooth you down, plane away the edges that made you different.” IdentityPersonal GrowthFamily Influence Book:Dead Lions Source: Dead Lions