Children are liable to expect more from life than their par… - Patrick Modiano

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Children are liable to expect more from life than their parents, and faced with adversity their reaction is more violent. They go farther, much farther than their parents, and, thereafter, their parents are unable to protect them.

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Jean Patrick Modiano (born 30 July 1945) is a French novelist and recipient of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Alternative Names: Jean Patrick Modiano

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