"They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from her, and deface her with their buildings and their refuse."

Family, Mother, Earth, Neighbors

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"They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from her, and deface her with their buildings and their refuse."

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"Mothers are supposed to listen and, afterward, to respond with some wisdom and perspective, but these things were not my mother's strong suit."

Anne Lamott, American Author

Family, Mother, Listening, Wisdom, Perspective

"If I would be made come to earth again, I would ask for the same mother again. If made to return 100 times to earth, I would request to be born through the same mother 100 times!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

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"You don't build a family by tearing down another one."

Donna Lynn Hope, Jamaican Author

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"Marriage creates one world for your child. For that alone, two old friends can try to see a peaceful world through the eyes of their angels."

Shannon L. Alder, American Author

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"Could it be? Samantha Kingston? Home? On a Friday? I roll my eyes. "I don't know. Did you do a lot of acid in the sixties? Could be a flashback. "I was two years old in 1960. I came too late for the party. He leans down and pecks me on the head. I pull away out of habit. "And I'm not even going to ask how you know about acid flashbacks. "What's an acid flashback? Izzy crows. "Nothing, my dad and I say at the same time, and he smiles at me."

Lauren Oliver, American Author

Family, Humor, Memory, Generations

"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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"...workplace dynamics are no less complicated or unexpectedly intense than family relations, with only the added difficulty that whereas families are at least well-recognised and sanctioned loci for hysteria reminiscent of scenes from Medea, office life typically proceeds behind a mask of shallow cheerfulness, leaving workers grievously unprepared to handle the fury and sadness continually aroused by their colleagues."

Alain de Botton, English Writer

Family, Emotion, Sadness, Life

"You will never realize how precious a baby is until she keeps you awake through the whole night."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Family, Life, Baby, Value

"A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them."

Victor Hugo, French Author

Family, Mother, Children, Sleep, Tenderness

"There is no teacher equal to mother and there's nothing more contagious than the dignity of a father."

Amit Ray, Indian Author

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"This nation is like a spring freshet; it overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path."

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"There are things they tell us that sound good to hear, but when they have accomplished their purpose they will go home and will not try to fulfill our agreements with them."

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"I want to tell you that if the Great Spirit had chosen anyone to be the chief of this country, it is myself."

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"Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!"

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"What white man can say I never stole his land or a penny of his money? Yet they say that I am a thief."

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"What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian."

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"Mothers are supposed to listen and, afterward, to respond with some wisdom and perspective, but these things were not my mother's strong suit."

"If I would be made come to earth again, I would ask for the same mother again. If made to return 100 times to earth, I would request to be born through the same mother 100 times!"

"You don't build a family by tearing down another one."

"Marriage creates one world for your child. For that alone, two old friends can try to see a peaceful world through the eyes of their angels."

"I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars."

"You will never realize how precious a baby is until she keeps you awake through the whole night."

"A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them."

"There is no teacher equal to mother and there's nothing more contagious than the dignity of a father."

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"This nation is like a spring freshet; it overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path."

"Is it wrong for me to love my own? Is it wicked for me because my skin is red? Because I am Sioux? Because I was born where my father lived? Because I would die for my people and my country?"

"There are things they tell us that sound good to hear, but when they have accomplished their purpose they will go home and will not try to fulfill our agreements with them."

"I want to tell you that if the Great Spirit had chosen anyone to be the chief of this country, it is myself."

"Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit."

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"I am here by the will of the Great Spirit, and by his will I am chief."

"Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!"

"What white man can say I never stole his land or a penny of his money? Yet they say that I am a thief."

"What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian."