"Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet: there's always one determined to face in an opposite direction from the way the arranger desires."

Family, Children, Direction, Flowers

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"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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"It's funny how two people can grow up in the same town, go to the same school, have the same friends, and end up so totally different. Family, or lack of it, counts for more than you'd think."

Sarah Dessen, American Author

Family, Identity, People, Life

"Mother is the center of the family, everyone else surrounds her."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"There's something wrong with a mother who washes out a measuring cup with soap and water after she's only measured water in it."

Erma Bombeck, American Journalist

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"Behind all your stories is always your mother's story. Because hers is where yours begin."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

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"An excellent mother knows she has the beautiful life, and she is a big time programmer."

Jaachynma N.E. Agu, Nigerian Author

Family, Motherhood, Life, Programming, Knowledge

"If you don't have the support and love and caring and connection that you get from a family, you don't have much at all."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

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"My parents had three kids right after the Second World War, and we were all sort of sickly. Then I had a fourth sibling, with very serious asthma. The medical bills... So my parents always struggled."

Patti Smith, American Musician

Family, Health, Struggle, Truth

"I tell you, families are definitely the training ground for forgiveness."

Anne Lamott, American Author

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"Don't say negative things about your spouse and children."

Jaachynma N.E. Agu, Nigerian Author

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

"It's funny how two people can grow up in the same town, go to the same school, have the same friends, and end up so totally different. Family, or lack of it, counts for more than you'd think."

"Mother is the center of the family, everyone else surrounds her."

"There's something wrong with a mother who washes out a measuring cup with soap and water after she's only measured water in it."

"Behind all your stories is always your mother's story. Because hers is where yours begin."

"An excellent mother knows she has the beautiful life, and she is a big time programmer."

"If you don't have the support and love and caring and connection that you get from a family, you don't have much at all."

"My parents had three kids right after the Second World War, and we were all sort of sickly. Then I had a fourth sibling, with very serious asthma. The medical bills... So my parents always struggled."

"I tell you, families are definitely the training ground for forgiveness."

"Don't say negative things about your spouse and children."

Explore more quotes by Marcelene Cox

"A sparkling house is a fine thing if the children aren't robbed of their luster in keeping it that way."

"One sure way to lose another woman's friendship is to try to improve her flower arrangements."

"Housekeeping is like being caught in a revolving door."

"Weather means more when you have a garden. There's nothing like listening to a shower and thinking how it is soaking in around your green beans."

"No one knows his true character until he has run out of gas, purchased something on the installment plan and raised an adolescent."

"Our children await Christmas presents like politicians getting in election returns: there's the Uncle Fred precinct and the Aunt Ruth district still to come in."

"Eating without conversation is only stoking."

"If at first you don't succeed, blame your parents."

"Life begins when a person first realizes how soon it will end."

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