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"The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his sight."

"Kids are a great analogy. You want your kids to grow up, and you don't want your kids to grow up. You want your kids to become independent of you, but it's also a parent's worst nightmare: That they won't need you. It's like the real tragedy of parenting."

"I learned to love my son without wanting to possess him and I learned how to teach him to teach himself."

"Sometimes your kids will say the nastiest things, won't they, Rose? You want to ask,'Whose child is this?'"Rose chuckled."But usually, they're just in some kind of pain. They need to work it out."

"I don't think my parents liked me. They put a live teddy bear in my crib."

"Never tell a child that something it's too hard."
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"I will help build your museum. When you run out of space to hang your work. You can hang your work in mine."

"Because you thought love was just gonna be there. You weren't taught that it had to be made, it had to be mixed, kneaded, recycled. Over and over, you have to keep creating it. Over and over with everyone you love. Over and over."

"Once a year I need to hear you tell me how proud you are of me for growing a little more."

"There are institutions filled with people who talk to god. we've labeled and drugged them."

"The meetings and marches and vigils are cool, but if the enemy isn't present, you're just talking slick to a can of oil."

"Non Violence and Religion: Both designed to keep the oppressed from murdering their oppressors."

"I never begin my writings with talent. i begin them with strong emotions and liquor. they finish with talent."
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