That's the nature of being a parent, Sabine has discovered. You'll love your children far more than you ever loved your parents, and -- in the recognition that your own children cannot fathom the depth of your love -- you come to understand the tragic, unrequited love of your own parents.
Ursula HegiTags: love children parenting irony
What the river was showing her now was that she could flow beyond the brokenness, redeem herself, and fuse once more.
Ursula HegiSome acts of faith, I believe, have the power to grant us something infinitely wiser than we imagine
Ursula HegiTags: faith
Marrying a woman who was reckless must have been the ultimate reckless act, requiring a lifetime of balancing to keep both of them safe
Ursula HegiThe absence of doubt will turn humans into beasts.
Ursula HegiDeine Anpassungsfäheigkeit—Your ability to adapt,” her husband said, “is far more dangerous to you than any of them will ever be. You’ll keep adapting and adapting until nothing is left.
Ursula HegiNow the purpose of her stories had changed. She spun them to discover their meaning. In the telling, she found, you reached a point where you could not go back, where—as the stories changed—it transformed you, too.
Ursula HegiHigh in the hazy sky, the snowfkakes looked tiny and all alike, but as they drifted past the narrow window of the sewing room, all were unique - long or round or triangular - as if they'd borrowed their shapes from the clouds they'd come from.
Ursula HegiTags: fiction life-in-small-german-town rise-of-nazis
A perfectly happy marriage? There is no such thing. There are strong marriages that can survive problems, but happiness is such a brief condition, interrupted by difficulties and plain, boring routine.
Ursula HegiTags: marriage
I think . . . you should have children, John." At least he's no longer talking about bugs.
"I'm too young, Dad."
"It's the most important thing . . . I've done in . . . my life.
Tags: parenting
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