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| 84f2d18 | 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. | damaged disappoint kids more-like-us perfect pretend spectacular than-we-think | Jodi Picoult | |
| 5b04979 | It was a weakness, but he could not bear to disappoint women, even if it was ultimately for their own good. | could-not-bear disappoint for-good own-good weakness woman women | Larry McMurtry |