“You want to protect your child from pain, and what you get instead is life, and grace; and though theologians insist that grace is freely given, the truth is that sometimes you pay for it through the nose. And you can't pay your child's way.”

—  Anne Lamott

Source: Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith

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