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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."
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"What thumbsuckers we all are...when it comes to mothers."
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"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."
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"When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, "Why god? Why me?" and the thundering voice of God answered, "There's just something about you that pisses me off.""
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"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 is a wise child that knows its own father and an unusual one that unreservedly approves of him."
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"To each other, we were as normal and nice as the smell of bread. We were just a family. In a family even exaggerations make perfect sense."
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"I've been my mom's kitchen helper since I was a little kid."
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"Derek cuddled his daughter against his shoulder and spoke in a mixture of baby words and cockney, a language only she seemed to understand."
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"As a mother, you need to remember that a loving and compassionate God is one hundred percent aware of your child's situation."
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"Quite often somebody will say, What year do your books take place? and the only answer I can give is, In childhood."
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"I enjoy writing for third and fourth graders most of all."
Writing
"I was an only child; I didn't have a sister, or sisters."
Family
"With twins, reading aloud to them was the only chance I could get to sit down. I read them picture books until they were reading on their own."
Books
"Otis was inspired by a boy who sat across the aisle from me in sixth grade. He was a lively person. My best friend appears in assorted books in various disguises."
Friendship
"Writers are good at plucking out what they need here and there."
Writer
"I read my books aloud before they were published."
Books
"I was a very observant child. The boys in my books are based on boys in my neighborhood growing up."
Books
"Children want to do what grownups do."
Family
"I feel sometimes that in children's books there are more and more grim problems, but I don't know that I want to burden third- and fourth-graders with them."
Books
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