"I've really written my books for my husband and our family. They've brought us closer together by allowing us to discuss things that were unspoken for so long."

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"I've really written my books for my husband and our family. They've brought us closer together by allowing us to discuss things that were unspoken for so long."

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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."

James Dobson, American Psychologist

Family, Children, Giving, Growingup, Neglect

"And like that, I said goodbye to my grandmother like we were two people who met in a coffee shop, shared a lifetime of stories and left wanting more, but knowing we'd meet there again."

Darnell Lamont Walker, American Writer

Family, Storytelling, Memory, Connection

"What thumbsuckers we all are...when it comes to mothers."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Family, Emotion, Attachment, Childhood, Reflection

"Of course there are mothers,squeezing their breastsdry, pawning their bodies,shedding teeth for their children,or that's our fond belief.But remember - Hanseland Gretel were dumped in the forestbecause their parents were starving."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Family, Sacrifice, Motherhood, Poverty, Children

"When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, "Why god? Why me?" and the thundering voice of God answered, "There's just something about you that pisses me off.""

Stephen King, American Author

Family, Life, God, Job

"Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk."

Carl Jung, Swiss Psychologist

Family, Children, Talk

"One marvels why the middle classes still insist on so much discomfort for their children at such expense to themselves."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist

Family, Children

"Our parents can show us a lot of things: they can show us how we are to be and what things we ought to strive for, or they can show us how not to be and what things we ought to stray from, then you may have the kind of parents that show you all the things about you that you want to get rid of and you realize those traits aren't yours at all but are merely your parents' marks that have rubbed off onto you."

C. JoyBell C., American Author

Family, Parents, Influence, Identity, Learning

"There is only one mother in this world who is the best one, the one that every kid has got."

Vikrmn, Indian Author

Family, Mother, Love, Care

"Equal pay isn't just a women's issue; when women get equal pay, their family incomes rise and the whole family benefits."

Mike Honda, American Politician

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"We have a couple of dogs, but I wouldn't describe myself as an animal person."

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"Perfect objectivity is always impossible, no matter who writes a person's biography."

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"I grew up in the suburbs of Sydney, an arid kind of place, but every day I took the ferry across the harbour to get to school. I'd watch the ships coming in and going out."

Day, School, Ships

"Being a psychologist did enable me to maintain objectivity."

Being,

"There was a special challenge in describing the awful childhood of a person who happens to be my own husband. It was very painful at times, for both of us."

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"Suffering from dysentery at sea was no picnic."

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"When I came off the boat I was very proud of the thick calluses which had developed on my feet. But now, I am struggling to get into my favourite high heels which is a shame, as I have so many."

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"There may be a point where I may decide to write an autobiography."

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"Sexual dreams aren't usually about sex."

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"The work of a psychotherapist involves being empathic and insightful with one's patients without getting too lost in their painful stories to be helpful."

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