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Favorite lines:
1. "I grew up inclined toward the concept of families being created, not necessarily born" (46).
2. "My son is a gift, not a given" (111).
3. "This is an adoption nation, in a way. If it weren't for adoption in the citizenship sense, there would be no United States as we know it" (136).
4. "We [adoptive families] find that scary leap toward the unknown future that we will shape together to be not only the most rewarding risk we have ever taken but also the most romantic adventure" (157).
5. "It is difficult to explain the wordless, thrilling, transcending force in human nature that adoptive parents and children tap into when they form a bond that mimics or replaces the generational links of DNA, and feels just as indissoluble" (162).
6. "There is a reason men hesitate just a tiny little bit before plunging into adoption. Men are realists; they know what's at stake. It comes down to this: time, money, career, age, sleep, diapers, and control of the remote" (199).
7. "Adoption is not a state of being. You don't say your daughter 'is adopted,' you say she 'was adopted.' In other words, adoption is an event. It is one way of many to create a family" (203).
8. "Adoption is a two-way street. We intertwine our families and our lives and our ancestors and there never has to be any taking away" (225).