"There is no light without shadow, just as there is no happiness without pain."
"Accept the children the way we accept trees—with gratitude, because they are a blessing—but do not have expectations or desires. You don’t expect trees to change, you love them as they are."
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Source: Why We Write: 20 Acclaimed Authors on How and Why They Do What They Do. Book by Meredith Maran, 2013.
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