Laura

“People without children thought that having a newborn was the hardest part of parenthood, that upside down, the day is night twilight zone feedings and toothless wails. But parents knew better. Parents knew that the hardest part of parenthood was figuring out how to do the right thing in 24 hours a day, forever, and surviving all the times you failed.”
― Emma Straub, All Adults Here

“Life hurts,” he said fiercely. “It’s unavoidable. But I know the difference between torture and growing pains.”
― Talia Hibbert, Get a Life, Chloe Brown

“Being an adult was like always growing new layers of skin, trying to fool yourself that the bones underneath were different too." (Chapter 35)”
― Emma Straub, All Adults Here

“I still encourage anyone who feels at all compelled to write to do so. I just try to warn people who hope to get published that publication is not all it is cracked up to be. But writing is. Writing has so much to give, so much to teach, so many surprises. That thing you had to force yourself to do---the actual act of writing---turns out to be the best part. It's like discovering that while you thought you needed the tea ceremony for the caffeine, what you really needed was the tea ceremony. The act of writing turns out to be its own reward.”
― Anne Lamott