"My mother tells this story that when I first went to school, I thought I was going to help the teachers. I didn't realise I was going to get educated."

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"My mother tells this story that when I first went to school, I thought I was going to help the teachers. I didn't realise I was going to get educated."

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"I'm just afraid I'm gonna miss it all... being married... being a mother."

"I was encouraged by my mother and, to a lesser extent, by my father."

"My mother insisted that I have a normal upbringing."

"Madlen came to sit beside her on the bed. "Lady Queen," she said with her own particular brand of rough gentleness. "It is not the job of the child to protect her mother. It's the mother's job to protect the child. By allowing your mother to protect you, you gave her a gift. Do you understand me?"

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