“D'you call life a bad job? Never! We've had our ups and downs, we've had our struggles, we've always been poor, but… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
No one owns you - no matter what the relationship. You are not here on this earth to fulfill the dreams, wants… — Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse Copy Share Image
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The poor, and especially poor people of color, don't have the luxury of raising 'free-range' children without risking severe consequences. Parents of… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
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“But after all we are not children, not illiterate juvenile delinquents, not English public school boys who after a night of homosexual… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
I will take to my grave with me the atmosphere of the first 'Cursed Child' preview, because no one knew anything. Only… — Jamie Parker Copy Share Image
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I love this child. Red-haired - patient and gentle like her mother - fey and funny like her father. When she giggles… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
I was a stay-at-home mom, with an important job to raise the kids. I filled it into the occupation slot on innumerable… — Shweta Bachchan Nanda Copy Share Image
Sometimes I've been to cryin' for unborn children That might have made me complete But I, I took the sweet life and… — Maureen McGovern Copy Share Image
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Young girls - like friends of my daughter's - always ask if we do prom dresses, and we do dresses that would… — Jenny Packham Copy Share Image
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Because I was an only, I had more things, and I remember early on the kick I got from giving stuff away.… — Julie Burchill Copy Share Image
As a child I used to watch clouds, and in them, see faces, castles, animals, dragons, and giants. It was a world… — Barry B. Longyear Copy Share Image
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“[John] watched the flames for a while. "I would have to say that I find God in serving His children. 'When I… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
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You have a wonderful child. Then, when he's thirteen, gremlins carry him away and leave in his place a stranger who gives… — Jill Eikenberry Copy Share Image
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Having children can smooth the relationship, too. Mother and daughter are now equals. That is hard to imagine, even harder to accept,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
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![“[John] watched the flames for a while. "I would have to say that I find God in serving His children. 'When I was hungry and you fed me, I was thirsty and you gave me to drink, I was a stanger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, sick and you cared for me, imprisoned and you came to me.'"…” quote by Mary Doria Russell](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/a0f/mary-doria-russell-3319_break-your-heart_john-watched-the-flames-for-a-while-i-wo_172417.png)
![“He [David Foster Wallace] compares raising children to raising books, you should take pride in the work you do inside a family and not from how they make out in the world. “It’s good to want a child to do well, but it’s bad to want that glory to reflect back on you,” is what he says.” quote by David Lipsky](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/a4b/david-lipsky-30389_books_he-david-foster-wallace-compares-raising_1575049.jpg)
