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The problem is that even as you reveal the mysteries in your past, you are accumulating them in the present; complete honesty is the stuff of post-mortem, not autobiography.

~Andrew Solomon

Topics: Accumulate Autobiography Complete Even Honesty Honesty Is Mysteries Past Present Problem Reveal Stuff Them You Your

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No one much wants to be belittled, but we tolerate slurs surprisingly often for ourselves; for our lionised children, we demand freedom from insult.

~Andrew Solomon

Topics: Children Demand Freedom Freedom From Insult Much Often Our Ourselves Surprisingly Tolerate Wants

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People still ask my husband and me which of us is the mom - which, as one lesbian friend pointed out to me, is like asking which chopstick is the fork. This pressure on us to embody normative traditions can be paralysing.

~Andrew Solomon

Topics: Ask Asking Embody Fork Friend Husband Lesbian Like Me Mom Out People Pointed Pressure Still Traditions Us Which

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We need to acknowledge that families come in multiple shapes and sizes, that love is not a finite asset, and that caregiving involves more than a genetic imperative.

~Andrew Solomon

Topics: Acknowledge Asset Come Families Finite Genetic Imperative Involves Love Love Is More Multiple Need Shapes Sizes Than

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