We don’t have children to fulfill our dreams. Children allow us to let go of the dreams we were never meant to fulfill. - Cutting for Stone

You can’t walk across a lake just because you change its name to “land.” Labels matter.

But you reach a point where after trying and trying you say, Patience be damned. Let them suffer their distorted worldview. Your job is to preserve yourself, not to descend into their hole. It's a relief when you arrive at this place, the point of absurdity, because then you are free, you know you owe them nothing.

Sometimes we have to “live the question,” not push for the answer.