"If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons."

Family, Father, Son, Earth, Fathers

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"If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons."

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

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

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Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

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"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.""

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"Happy or unhappy, families are all mysterious. We have only to imagine how differently we would be described - and will be, after our deaths - by each of the family members who believe they know us."

Gloria Steinem, American Activist

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Mark Twain, American Author

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John Irving, American Novelist

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Lisa Kleypas, American Novelist

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"As a mother, you need to remember that a loving and compassionate God is one hundred percent aware of your child's situation."

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"He promised us that everything would be okay. I was a child, but I knew that everything would not be okay. That did not make my father a liar. It made him my father."

Jonathan Safran Foer, American Novelist

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"The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions."

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