And that was the greatest heartbreak of all- no matter how spectacular…

Jodi Picoult
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And that was the greatest heartbreak of all- no matter how spectacular we want our children to be, no matter how perfect we pretend they are, they are bound to disappoint. As it turns out, kids are more like us than we think: damaged, through and through. ✨ Jodi Picoult (2012). The Jodi Picoult Reader's Companion: A Collection of Excerpts, p.322, Simon and Schuster
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