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Beverly Jones

"Now, as always, the most automated appliance in a household is the mother."

Beverly Jones, American Writer
Family, Mother, Now
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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."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist
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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.""

Stephen King, American Author
Family, Life, God, Job
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Amber Hurdle

"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."

Gloria Steinem, American Activist
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"It is a wise child that knows its own father and an unusual one that unreservedly approves of him."

Mark Twain, American Author
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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."

John Irving, American Novelist
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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."

Lisa Kleypas, American Novelist
Family, Father, Daughter, Love, Language
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Amber Hurdle

"As a mother, you need to remember that a loving and compassionate God is one hundred percent aware of your child's situation."

Elizabeth George, American Author
Family, Motherhood, Compassion, God, Love
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Amber Hurdle

"He promised us that everything would be okay. I was a child, but I knew that everything would not be okay. That did not make my father a liar. It made him my father."

Jonathan Safran Foer, American Novelist
Family, Fatherhood, Trust, Childhood, Truth
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"Those expressions are omitted which can not with propriety be read aloud in the family."

Thomas Bowdler, English Scientist
Family,

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