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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."
"What thumbsuckers we all are...when it comes to mothers."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"I've been my mom's kitchen helper since I was a little kid."
"As a mother, you need to remember that a loving and compassionate God is one hundred percent aware of your child's situation."
Explore more quotes by Alex Haley
"Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics."
"Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with you."
"Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children."
"I look at my books the way parents look at their children. The fact that one becomes more successful than the others doesn't make me love the less successful one any less."
"My fondest hope is that 'Roots' may start black, white, brown, red, yellow people digging back for their own roots. Man, that would make me feel 90 feet tall."
"When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person on earth."
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