"I was the youngest and only girl in a family of two older brothers."

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"I was the youngest and only girl in a family of two older brothers."

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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."

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"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."

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"If I were offered a cochlear implant today, I would prefer not to have one. But that's not a statement about hearing aids or cochlear implants. It's about who you are."

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