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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."
"What thumbsuckers we all are...when it comes to mothers."
"Of course there are mothers,squeezing their breastsdry, pawning their bodies,shedding teeth for their children,or that's our fond belief.But remember - Hanseland Gretel were dumped in the forestbecause their parents were starving."
"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."
"To each other, we were as normal and nice as the smell of bread. We were just a family. In a family even exaggerations make perfect sense."
"I've been my mom's kitchen helper since I was a little kid."
"As a mother, you need to remember that a loving and compassionate God is one hundred percent aware of your child's situation."
Explore more quotes by Judith Viorst
"Superstition is foolish, childish, primitive and irrational - but how much does it cost you to knock on wood?"
"You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, and the children you have earned."
"Lust is what keeps you wanting to do it even when you have no desire to be with each other. Love is what makes you want to be with each other even when you have no desire to do it."
"We will have to give up the hope that, if we try hard, we somehow will always do right by our children. The connection is imperfect. We will sometimes do wrong."
"Close friends contribute to our personal growth. They also contribute to our personal pleasure, making the music sound sweeter, the wine taste richer, the laughter ring louder because they are there."
"When he is late for dinner and I know he must be either having an affair or lying dead in the street, I always hope he's dead."
"One advantage of marriage is that, when you fall out of love with him or he falls out of love with you, it keeps you together until you fall in again."
"Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces."
"Because we believe ourselves to be better parents than our parents, we expect to produce better children than they produced."
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