We criticize mothers for closeness. We criticize fathers for distance. How many of us have expected less from our fathers and appreciated what they gave us more? How many of us always let them off the hook?

  • -- Ellen Goodman 埃伦·古德曼

我们批评母亲的亲密。我们批评父亲的距离。我们当中有多少人对父亲的期望更少,对他们给予我们的更多心存感激?我们中有多少人总是让他们逍遥法外?

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My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.

我的母亲保护我远离这个世界,我的父亲用它威胁我。

Love is staying up all night with a sick child - or a healthy adult.

爱是整夜陪着生病的孩子或健康的成年人。