"Well-behaved: he always speaks as if his mother might be listening."

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Anne Lamott, American Author

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"If I would be made come to earth again, I would ask for the same mother again. If made to return 100 times to earth, I would request to be born through the same mother 100 times!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

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Donna Lynn Hope, Jamaican Author

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

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"My mother is my doctorCaring for me when am illI will love her forever tillWe are gone to our creator!"

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

"If I would be made come to earth again, I would ask for the same mother again. If made to return 100 times to earth, I would request to be born through the same mother 100 times!"

"Children can see the beatitudes in nature."

"You don't build a family by tearing down another one."

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"Three meals plus bedtime make four sure blessings a day."

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