"My mother would give my brothers and me a pile of catalogues and let us pick what we wanted for Christmas."

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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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"My mother taught me that when you stand in the truth and someone tells a lie about you, don't fight it."

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