"My mother was passionate. She was stubborn, the dominant one in the family. She dominated my father."

Family, Mother, Father

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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

"Mothers care in volumes of tears and earnestness of prayers and a depth of emotion others cannot fathom."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Family, Motherhood, Love, Prayer, Emotion

"Family gathersto share good noise and good food.Gratitude abounds."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Family, Gratitude, Life, Joy

"He who loses his mother loses a pure soul who blesses and guards him constantly."

Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese Philosopher

Family, Mother, Lose, Soul, Blessing

"Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty."

Nathaniel Hawthorne, American Novelist

Family, Brother, Honesty, Accuracy, Dishonesty

"So that is marriage, Lily thought, a man and a woman looking at a girl throwing a ball."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Family, Marriage, Life, Perception, Observation

"Love and advise your children unconditionally."

Eraldo Banovac, Croatian Scientist

Family, Love, Parenting, Advice

"I always envisioned myself as traveling the ocean of life in a rowboat where my mother was one oar and my father, the other. Having two good, solid oars made rowing much easier."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Family, Life, Wisdom, Truth

"I stumble and fall.I weep and struggle to rise.My mom feels it all."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Family, Truth, Regret, Emotion, Love

"One of the strongest loves I've ever witnessed is the love a mother has for her child."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Family, Love, Motherhood, Truth, Emotion

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"I came down to the living room one day and my wife was standing in the living room. It wasn't an illusion. I saw her out of the corner of my eye. The moment I saw her, she vanished."

Wife

"I'm a much nicer person since my wife died. I found out what pain is, so on that level I'm much nicer."

Wife

"The problem with Ireland is that it's a country full of genius, but with absolutely no talent."

Talent

"I don't think anyone is the perfect one to play me."

Play

"I've always enjoyed a woman's company more than men's. They're usually better looking."

Men

"I've always believed in survival."

Survival

"It's a natural thing for people to say, you know, Who's in this book? I find myself get ting a little defensive. People come along and I'm waiting for that first question."

People

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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."

"Mothers care in volumes of tears and earnestness of prayers and a depth of emotion others cannot fathom."

"Family gathersto share good noise and good food.Gratitude abounds."

"He who loses his mother loses a pure soul who blesses and guards him constantly."

"Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty."

"So that is marriage, Lily thought, a man and a woman looking at a girl throwing a ball."

"Love and advise your children unconditionally."

"I always envisioned myself as traveling the ocean of life in a rowboat where my mother was one oar and my father, the other. Having two good, solid oars made rowing much easier."

"I stumble and fall.I weep and struggle to rise.My mom feels it all."

"One of the strongest loves I've ever witnessed is the love a mother has for her child."

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"Gossip is more popular than literature."

"I'm a writer, and what I do is write. I wasn't able to do anything else."

"A thing well done is worth doing."

"I came down to the living room one day and my wife was standing in the living room. It wasn't an illusion. I saw her out of the corner of my eye. The moment I saw her, she vanished."

"I'm a much nicer person since my wife died. I found out what pain is, so on that level I'm much nicer."

"The problem with Ireland is that it's a country full of genius, but with absolutely no talent."

"I don't think anyone is the perfect one to play me."

"I've always enjoyed a woman's company more than men's. They're usually better looking."

"I've always believed in survival."

"It's a natural thing for people to say, you know, Who's in this book? I find myself get ting a little defensive. People come along and I'm waiting for that first question."