Begin the Week with Words

Although it was a so-so book, I found this snippet to be true:

"This is what parents do: shape the emotions that will color memory." The Story of Land and Sea, by Katy Simpson Smith

While on the topic of parents, here's another parent related quote, from This Is Where I Leave You:

"Of course, there was a lot more to [dad] than that, it's just that none of it is coming to me right now. At some point you lose sight of your actual parents; you just see a basketful of history and unresolved issues." This Is Where I Leave You, Jonathan Tropper