They mustn't know my despair, I can't let them see the wounds which they have caused, I couldn't bear their sympathy and their kind-hearted jokes, it would only make me want to scream all the more. If I talk, everyone thinks I'm showing off; when I'm silent they think I'm ridiculous; rude if I answer, sly if I get a good idea, lazy if I'm tired, selfish if I eat a mouthful more than I should, stupid, cowardly, crafty, etc. etc.
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As long as you can still be dissapointed, you are still young. -Sarah Churchill.
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But childhood prolonged, cannot remain a fairyland. It becomes a hell.
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You have to love your children unselfishly. That is hard. But it is the only way.
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It's a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.
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There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him asleep.
