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That's the nature of being a parent, Sabine has discovered. You'll love your children far more than you ever loved your parents, and -- in the recognition that your own children cannot fathom the depth of your love -- you come to understand the tragic, unrequited love of your own parents.

Ursula Hegi

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Ursula Hegi
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: May 23
Novelist
Writer
Dusseldorf
Children
Parents
Sabine
Love
Loved
Unrequited
Parent
Fathom
Understand
Parenting
Nature
Tragic
Cannot
Discovered
Ever
Recognition
Come
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