Only when you are grown up, perhaps only when you have children yourself, do you fully understand that your own parents — Ian McEwan, The Child in Time
Only when you are grown up, perhaps only when you have children yourself, do you fully understand that your own parents — Ian McEwan, The Child in Time
Only when you are grown up, perhaps only when you have children yourself, do you fully understand that your own parents — Ian McEwan, The Child in Time
Only when you are grown up, perhaps only when you have children yourself, do you fully understand that your own parents — Ian McEwan, The Child in Time
Only when you are grown up, perhaps only when you have children yourself, do you fully understand that your own parents — Ian McEwan, The Child in Time
Only when you are grown up, perhaps only when you have children yourself, do you fully understand that your own parents — Ian McEwan, The Child in Time
Only when you are grown up, perhaps only when you have children yourself, do you fully understand that your own parents — Ian McEwan, The Child in Time
Only when you are grown up, perhaps only when you have children yourself, do you fully understand that your own parents — Ian McEwan, The Child in Time
Only when you are grown up, perhaps only when you have children yourself, do you fully understand that your own parents — Ian McEwan, The Child in Time
Only when you are grown up, perhaps only when you have children yourself, do you fully understand that your own parents — Ian McEwan, The Child in Time
Only when you are grown up, perhaps only when you have children yourself, do you fully understand that your own parents — Ian McEwan, The Child in Time
Only when you are grown up, perhaps only when you have children yourself, do you fully understand that your own parents — Ian McEwan, The Child in Time
Only when you are grown up, perhaps only when you have children yourself, do you fully understand that your own parents — Ian McEwan, The Child in Time
Only when you are grown up, perhaps only when you have children yourself, do you fully understand that your own parents — Ian McEwan, The Child in Time
Only when you are grown up, perhaps only when you have children yourself, do you fully understand that your own parents — Ian McEwan, The Child in Time
Only when you are grown up, perhaps only when you have children yourself, do you fully understand that your own parents — Ian McEwan, The Child in Time
Only when you are grown up, perhaps only when you have children yourself, do you fully understand that your own parents — Ian McEwan, The Child in Time
Only when you are grown up, perhaps only when you have children yourself, do you fully understand that your own parents — Ian McEwan, The Child in Time
Only when you are grown up, perhaps only when you have children yourself, do you fully understand that your own parents — Ian McEwan, The Child in Time
Only when you are grown up, perhaps only when you have children yourself, do you fully understand that your own parents — Ian McEwan, The Child in Time
Only when you are grown up, perhaps only when you have children yourself, do you fully understand that your own parents — Ian McEwan, The Child in Time
Only when you are grown up, perhaps only when you have children yourself, do you fully understand that your own parents — Ian McEwan, The Child in Time
Only when you are grown up, perhaps only when you have children yourself, do you fully understand that your own parents — Ian McEwan, The Child in Time
Only when you are grown up, perhaps only when you have children yourself, do you fully understand that your own parents — Ian McEwan, The Child in Time
Only when you are grown up, perhaps only when you have children yourself, do you fully understand that your own parents — Ian McEwan, The Child in Time
Only when you are grown up, perhaps only when you have children yourself, do you fully understand that your own parents — Ian McEwan, The Child in Time
Only when you are grown up, perhaps only when you have children yourself, do you fully understand that your own parents — Ian McEwan, The Child in Time
Only when you are grown up, perhaps only when you have children yourself, do you fully understand that your own parents — Ian McEwan, The Child in Time
Only when you are grown up, perhaps only when you have children yourself, do you fully understand that your own parents — Ian McEwan, The Child in Time
Only when you are grown up, perhaps only when you have children yourself, do you fully understand that your own parents — Ian McEwan, The Child in Time
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Only when you are grown up, perhaps only when you have children yourself, do you fully understand that your own parents had a full and intricate existence before you were born.

— Ian McEwan, The Child in Time
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