I loved [fairy stories] so, and my mother weighed down by grief had given up telling me them. At Nohant I found… — George Sand Copy Share Image
That at the same time of this very intimate act of concentrating so carefully on the details of our mother's palm and… — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
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In our minds lives the madonna image--the all-embracing, all- giving tranquil mother of a Raphael painting, one child at her breast, another… — Lillian B. Rubin Copy Share Image
We pray for those who have ceased to pray. We pray for those that need prayer more than ever, that have fewer… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
This is the autumn of wonders, yet every day, every single day, I go back to that burned afternoon in August when… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
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Much is made of the accelerating brutality of young people's crimes, but rarely does our concern for dangerous children translateinto concern for… — Letty Cottin Pogrebin Copy Share Image
Life with a daughter of nine through twelve is a special experience for parents, particularly mothers. In a daughter's looks, actions, attitudes,… — Stella Chess Copy Share Image
What occurred to me on [‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’], and also with the passing of her mother, is that there's… — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
Our father was a great warrior. Our mother is proud and strong. They shared only one flaw: that their only loyalty was… — Erin Hunter Copy Share Image
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It is now our generation's task to carry on what those pioneers began. For our journey is not complete until our wives,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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Drying her eyes, Mother said to Totto-chan very slowly, "You're Japanese and Masao-chan comes from a country called Korea. But he's a… — Tetsuko Kuroyanagi Copy Share Image
I would say where I feel like I'm struggling the most in learning and giving myself permission to fail is in finding… — Sara Blakely Copy Share Image
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Rilke has a very bizarre relationship to women because his mother had an older child, a girl who died when she was… — Laura Marling Copy Share Image
As a new mother, I want to give my children the best start in life but millions of children affected with AIDS… — Claudia Schiffer Copy Share Image
We long for our father. We wear his clothes, and actually try to fill his shoes. . . . We hang on… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
Jesus is the mediator of justice; Mary obtains for us grace; for, as St. Bernard, St. Bonaventure, St. Bernardine of Siena, St.… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
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I greatly doubt whether the men who become pirate chiefs are those who are filled with retrospective terror of their fathers, or… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
In a famous Middletown study of Muncie, Indiana, in 1924, mothers were asked to rank the qualities they most desire in their… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
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To do well those thing which God ordained to be the common lot of all man-kind, is the truest greatness. To be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Well,’ you may ask, ‘how may I know when I am in love?’ . . . George Q. Morris [who later became… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
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![“I loved [fairy stories] so, and my mother weighed down by grief had given up telling me them. At Nohant I found Mmes. d'Ardony's and Perrault's tales in old editions which became my chief joy for five or six years ... I've never read them since, but I could tell each tale straight through, and I…” quote by George Sand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d4a/george-sand-1753_chiefs_i-loved-fairy-stories-so-and-my-mother-w_1388127.jpg)
![“What occurred to me on [‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’], and also with the passing of her mother, is that there's going to come a time when I'm not going to get to be with this person anymore. I'm not going to get to be with my children anymore. Or friends, people I love and respect. And…” quote by Brad Pitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3cf/brad-pitt-1608_angry_what-occurred-to-me-on-the-curious-case_677141.jpg)
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