"I look back to a happy childhood."

Catherine Helen Spence, Australian Author

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"I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist

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"Mother is the center of the family, everyone else surrounds her."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"If you don't have the support and love and caring and connection that you get from a family, you don't have much at all."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

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"I tell you, families are definitely the training ground for forgiveness."

Anne Lamott, American Author

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"Right, except I'm not going to lie to my mom, because what kind of bastard lies to his own mother?"

John Green, American Author

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"My mother is my friendWho shares with me her breadAll my hopelessness cured!Her company makes me secured!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

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"All our pursuits, from childhood to manhood, are only trifles of different sorts and sizes, proportioned to our years and views."

Samuel Richardson, English Novelist

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"This is part of what a family is about, not just love, but letting others know there's someone who is watching out for them. It's what I missed so much when my mother died-what I call your 'spiritual security'-knowing that your family will be there watching out for you. Nothing else will give you that. Not money. Not fame."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

Family, Love, Security, Support

"And that is why marriage and family law has emphasized the importance of marriage as the foundation of family, addressing the needs of children in the most positive way."

John Boehner, American Politician

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"Children are great observers."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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