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"Sometimes we're so concerned about giving our children what we never had growing up, we neglect to give them what we did have growing up."

"And like that, I said goodbye to my grandmother like we were two people who met in a coffee shop, shared a lifetime of stories and left wanting more, but knowing we'd meet there again."

"What thumbsuckers we all are...when it comes to mothers."

"Of course there are mothers,squeezing their breastsdry, pawning their bodies,shedding teeth for their children,or that's our fond belief.But remember - Hanseland Gretel were dumped in the forestbecause their parents were starving."

"We live in a world that has narrowed into a neighborhood before it has broadened into a brotherhood."

"Happy or unhappy, families are all mysterious. We have only to imagine how differently we would be described - and will be, after our deaths - by each of the family members who believe they know us."
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"It's a very slow process - two steps forward, one step back - but I'm inching in the right direction."


"I know how sobering and exhausting parenthood is. But the reality is that our children's future depends on us as parents. Because we know that the first years truly last forever."


"Something is wrong here, and it's more than easy access to guns or violence on TV. It's about lack of love and attachment to loving people early in life."


"I like writing because you can make things happen and turn out the way they never do in real life."


"We agreed that we cannot let personal political attacks get in the way of doing the very best we can for California's children."


"Everybody talks about wanting to change things and help and fix, but ultimately all you can do is fix yourself. And that's a lot. Because if you can fix yourself, it has a ripple effect."
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