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> [In reality the world is as full of bad mothers as it is of bad fathers, and it is not the motherless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-de-bernieres/in-reality-the-world-is-as-full-of-bad-mothers-as-it-is-of-bad/)

[Louis de Bernieres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-de-bernieres/)

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> [“But I care, deeply. I find humans dull except in grief. There are very few in health, disaster, famine, atrocity, splendour or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-porter/but-i-care-deeply-i-find-humans-dull-except-in-grief-there-are-very/)

[Max Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-porter/)

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> [“You should beware of motherless children. They will eat you alive. You will never be loved by anyone the way that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/you-should-beware-of-motherless-children-they-will-eat-you-alive-you/)

[Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/)

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> [“Motherless children have a hard time when the mother is gone. That”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wally-lamb/motherless-children-have-a-hard-time-when-the-mother-is-gone-that/)

[Wally Lamb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wally-lamb/)

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> [“Motherless children have a hard time when the mother is gone.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wally-lamb/motherless-children-have-a-hard-time-when-the-mother-is-gone/)

[Wally Lamb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wally-lamb/)

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