"Probably my mother's life was prolonged beyond that of a long-lived family by her coming to Australia in middle life; and if I ever had any tendency to consumption, the climate must have helped me."

Catherine Helen Spence, Australian Author

Family, Life, Mother, Climate

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"Probably my mother's life was prolonged beyond that of a long-lived family by her coming to Australia in middle life; and if I ever had any tendency to consumption, the climate must have helped me."

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"Big Brother is watching you."

George Orwell, British Author

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"Never give up your wife, husband, children and families. Believe that people can change. Give others opportunity to change."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

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"Blessed is the womb that born you."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Until now, you have always lived your life alone. Every decision you've made has been for you and you alone. Now, and for the rest of your days, your life will be tied to another's. Every decision you make will be for both of you. What one does affects the other. You are a family, a team inseparable and unbreakable."

Richelle Mead, American Author

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"A rubber plant is just about the ideal family."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Family, Ideal, Relationship, Life

"Father, I know you will hear me, I will speak."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"When we sat down on the couch again, you curled up against my side, like you used to when you were a tod."

Jodi Picoult, American Novelist

Family, Nostalgia, Memory, Comfort, Love

"Children are angels."

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"I was sixteen and my mother was about to throw me out of the house forever, for breaking a very big rule, even bigger than the forbidden books. The rule was not just No Sex, but definitely No Sex With Your Own Sex."

Jeanette Winterson, British Novelist

Family, Rules, Rebellion, Youth, Identity

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"As we grew to love South Australia, we felt that we were in an expanding society, still feeling the bond to the motherland, but eager to develop a perfect society, in the land of our adoption."

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"After the break up of the municipality and the loss of his income my father lost health and spirits."

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"South Australia was the first community to give the secret ballot for political elections."

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"Nothing is insignificant in the history of a young community, and - above all - nothing seems impossible."

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"I think I was well brought up, for my father and mother were of one mind regarding the care of the family."

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"Never give up your wife, husband, children and families. Believe that people can change. Give others opportunity to change."

"It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor."

"Blessed is the womb that born you."

"A rubber plant is just about the ideal family."

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"My return to London introduced me to a wider range of society."

"Even before the discovery of copper South Australia had turned the corner."

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"As we grew to love South Australia, we felt that we were in an expanding society, still feeling the bond to the motherland, but eager to develop a perfect society, in the land of our adoption."

"After the break up of the municipality and the loss of his income my father lost health and spirits."

"South Australia was the first community to give the secret ballot for political elections."

"Nothing is insignificant in the history of a young community, and - above all - nothing seems impossible."

"I think I was well brought up, for my father and mother were of one mind regarding the care of the family."

"A glass of whisky in Scotland in the thirties cost less than a cup of tea."

"The first issue of The Register was printed in London, and gave a glowing account of the province that was to be - its climate, its resources, the sound principles on which it was founded."