Reading is the unbelievably healthy way _x000D_ my attention deficit disorder medicates itself. _x000D_ Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it's a way to _x000D_ make contact with reality after a day of making things up.
Nora EphronRead
When you have a baby, you set off an explosion in your marriage, and when the dust settles, your marriage is different from what it was. Not better, necessarily; not worse, necessarily; but different.
Interpretation
Having a child greatly impacts a marriage, changing its dynamics and relationship.
This quote by Nora Ephron highlights the profound effect that having a child can have on a marriage. It suggests that parenthood can act as an explosive force, fundamentally altering the relationship between partners. However, the change is not inherently positive or negative; rather, it simply transforms the nature of the marriage, requiring both partners to adapt to their new roles and the new family dynamic.
In practice
In a speech at a baby shower to highlight the challenges and joys of becoming parents.
Reading is the unbelievably healthy way _x000D_ my attention deficit disorder medicates itself. _x000D_ Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it's a way to _x000D_ make contact with reality after a day of making things up.
Reading makes me feel I've accomplished something, learned something, become a better person. ... Reading is bliss.
I just want to go on making movies, and some of them will be completely meaningless, except, of course, to me.
Every so often I would look at my women friends who were happily married and didn't cook, and I would always find myself wondering how they did it. Would anyone love me if I couldn't cook? I always thought cooking was part of the package: Step right up, it's Rachel Samstat, she's bright, she's funny and she can cook!
Marriages come and go, but divorce is forever.
What I love about cooking is that after a hard day, there is something comforting about the fact that if you melt butter and add flour and then hot stock, it will get thick! It's a sure thing! It's a sure thing in a world where nothing is sure; it has a mathematical certainty in a world where those of us who long for some kind of certainty are forced to settle for crossword puzzles.
My mother was terribly important to me, and I know how much I yearned for her in my youth, but I don't think I truly trusted her.
Mothers support certain illusions about their children, and one of my illusions was that I liked who I was, because she did. When she passed away, so did that idea.
Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face.
I’ve come to realize that being a mother makes me a better executive, because motherhood forces prioritization. Being a mom gives you so much more clarity on what is important.
A home is not a mere transient shelter: its essence lies in the personalities of the people who live in it.
I was told bedtime stories by my father or my grandmother. Books, I mostly read on my own in bed.
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