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"Before I had a baby I had endless patience and an endless appetite for parenting books. Now I just sort of flip through them and am like ok this seems fine. Not sure if I’ll finish this one as I’m not finding much new stuff hereâ€� I think The Self-Driven Child touches on all of this and for whatever reason I found it more engaging." — Apr 04, 2025 02:34PM
"Before I had a baby I had endless patience and an endless appetite for parenting books. Now I just sort of flip through them and am like ok this seems fine. Not sure if I’ll finish this one as I’m not finding much new stuff hereâ€� I think The Self-Driven Child touches on all of this and for whatever reason I found it more engaging." — Apr 04, 2025 02:34PM
Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong-and What You Really Need to Know
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In reality, pregnancy medical care seemed to be one long list of rules. In fact, being pregnant was a lot like being a child again. There was always someone telling you what to do. It started right away. “You can have only two cups of
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“Why wasn’t friendship as good as a relationship? Why wasn’t it even better? It was two people who remained together, day after day, bound not by sex or physical attraction or money or children or property, but only by the shared agreement to keep going, the mutual dedication to a union that could never be codified.”
― A Little Life
― A Little Life

“He now viewed a successful relationship as one in which both people had recognized the best of what the other person had to offer and had chosen to value it as well.”
― A Little Life
― A Little Life

“I soon discovered that if you keep your mouth shut, people are apt to believe you know everything, and they begin to feel freer and freer to tell you anything, anxious to show that they know something, too.”
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“Scholars don't usually sit gasping and sobbing in corners of the library stacks.
But they should. They should.”
― On Strike Against God
But they should. They should.”
― On Strike Against God
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