Quotes from Leaving Home — Garrison Keillor
born 1942 United States
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A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.
Leaving Home (1987)
Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted.
Leaving Home (1987)
Thank you, dear God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough. Thank you for the rain. And for the chance to wake up in three hours and go fishing: I thank you for that now, because I won't feel so thankful then.
Leaving Home (1987)
Selective ignorance, a cornerstone of child rearing. You don't put kids under surveillance: it might frighten you. Parents should sit tall in the saddle and look upon their troops with a noble and benevolent and extremely nearsighted gaze.
Leaving Home (1987)