"This universe can very well be expressed in words and syllables which are not those of one's mother tongue."

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"This universe can very well be expressed in words and syllables which are not those of one's mother tongue."

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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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"It's funny how two people can grow up in the same town, go to the same school, have the same friends, and end up so totally different. Family, or lack of it, counts for more than you'd think."

Sarah Dessen, American Author

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

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"There's something wrong with a mother who washes out a measuring cup with soap and water after she's only measured water in it."

Erma Bombeck, American Journalist

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"Behind all your stories is always your mother's story. Because hers is where yours begin."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

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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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"Don't say negative things about your spouse and children."

Jaachynma N.E. Agu, Nigerian Author

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"Our acts make or mar us, we are the children of our own deeds."

Victor Hugo, French 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?"

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"I read a poem every night, as others read a prayer."

Night

"An individual voice can be heard in a choir that otherwise sings in unison. This is something that is not excused."

Voice

"I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity."

Fun

"Poetry is a form of mathematics, a highly rigorous relationship with words."

Poetry

"The power of the word in Morocco belonged to men and to the authorities. No one asked the point of view of poor people or women."

Man

"I came to poetry through the urgent need to denounce injustice, exploitation, humiliation. I know that's not enough to change the world. But to remain silent would have been a kind of intolerable complicity."

Change

"It is through accepting other people in our own countries that we shall come to respect our neighbours and be respected in our turn."

People

"I am a guest of the French language. My poems in French are born of my interaction with the French language, which is not the same as that of a French poet."

Language

"To lead a country, you must periodically hold a national consultation in which people representing different programmes can make a bid for power."

Power

"For me, poetry is a situation - a state of being, a way of facing life and facing history."

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