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"All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

"A wise woman protects her kids. A wiser woman hangs out with police officers, retired FBI agents and private investigators."

"Her metaphors for her children included barnacles encrusting a ship and limpets clinging to a rock."

"Mothers are supposed to listen and, afterward, to respond with some wisdom and perspective, but these things were not my mother's strong suit."

"Children can see the beatitudes in nature."
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"You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself."


"If you want to know how your girl will treat you after marriage, just listen to her talking to her little brother."


"When I was a boy I used to do what my father wanted. Now I have to do what my boy wants. My problem is: When am I going to do what I want?"


"Love at first sight is easy to understand; it's when two people have been looking at each other for a lifetime that it becomes a miracle."


"We should not permit prayer to be taken out of the schools; that's the only way most of us got through."


"Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a child. She must be found and stopped."


"It's a good thing that when God created the rainbow he didn't consult a decorator or he would still be picking colors."


"One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the facts get in the way of your imagination."
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