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David Leavitt

"Childhood smells of perfume and brownies."

David Leavitt, American Novelist
Family, Childhood
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"Childhood smells of perfume and brownies."

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Amber Hurdle

"I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist
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"It's funny how two people can grow up in the same town, go to the same school, have the same friends, and end up so totally different. Family, or lack of it, counts for more than you'd think."

Sarah Dessen, American Author
Family, Identity, People, Life
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"Mother is the center of the family, everyone else surrounds her."

Debasish Mridha, American Author
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"There's something wrong with a mother who washes out a measuring cup with soap and water after she's only measured water in it."

Erma Bombeck, American Journalist
Family, Mother, Water, Wrong
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"Behind all your stories is always your mother's story. Because hers is where yours begin."

Mitch Albom, American Writer
Family, Mother, Story, Beginning, Life
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"An excellent mother knows she has the beautiful life, and she is a big time programmer."

Jaachynma N.E. Agu, Nigerian Author
Family, Motherhood, Life, Programming, Knowledge
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"If you don't have the support and love and caring and connection that you get from a family, you don't have much at all."

Mitch Albom, American Writer
Family, Support, Love, Caring
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"My parents had three kids right after the Second World War, and we were all sort of sickly. Then I had a fourth sibling, with very serious asthma. The medical bills... So my parents always struggled."

Patti Smith, American Musician
Family, Health, Struggle, Truth
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Amber Hurdle

"I tell you, families are definitely the training ground for forgiveness."

Anne Lamott, American Author
Family, Forgiveness, Training, Life
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"Don't say negative things about your spouse and children."

Jaachynma N.E. Agu, Nigerian Author
Family, Respect, Positivity, Speech

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"In a memoir, I think, the contract implies a certain degree of truth. I think you have to be as true to your memory and your experience as you possibly can."
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"It was an instinct to put the world in order that powered her mending split infinitives and snipping off dangling participles, smoothing away the knots and bumps until the prose before her took on a sheen, like perfect caramel."
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"Childhood smells of perfume and brownies."
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