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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."

"Mothers care in volumes of tears and earnestness of prayers and a depth of emotion others cannot fathom."

"He who loses his mother loses a pure soul who blesses and guards him constantly."

"Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty."

"So that is marriage, Lily thought, a man and a woman looking at a girl throwing a ball."

"One of the strongest loves I've ever witnessed is the love a mother has for her child."
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"We may not return the affection of those who like us, but we always respect their good judgment."

"I know folks all have a tizzy about it, but I like a little bourbon of an evening. It helps me sleep. I don't much care what they say about it."

"If I had one wish for my children, it would be that each of them would reach for goals that have meaning for them as individuals."

"Every time I think that I am getting old, and gradually going to the grave, something else happens."

"Jimmy says he'll never tell a lie. Well, I lie all the time. 1 have to - to balance the family ticket."
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