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title: "4 Parents Saved Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [“Maybe if I hadn’t been so hell-bent on not becoming my parents, I could have saved Charlie. Maybe I would have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-s-king/maybe-if-i-hadn-t-been-so-hell-bent-on-not-becoming-my-parents-i/)

[A.S. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-s-king/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebf/a-s-king-2293_parenting_maybe-if-i-hadn-t-been-so-hell-bent-on-n_82897.jpg)

> [When I was eight, my parents saved up to send me to private school, but I found it so tough that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-jones/when-i-was-eight-my-parents-saved-up-to-send-me-to-private-school-but/)

[Peter Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-jones/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad4/peter-jones-13325_ambition_when-i-was-eight-my-parents-saved-up-to_1680062.jpg)

> [My dad got a job in a factory in Philadelphia, so I was raised in Germantown in a sort of a barracks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/my-dad-got-a-job-in-a-factory-in-philadelphia-so-i-was-raised-in/)

[Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/648/patti-smith-394_dad_my-dad-got-a-job-in-a-factory-in-philade_2086634.jpg)

> [I am not complaining; I had a beautiful childhood - we didn't have a lot of money, but there was always food…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noemie-lenoir/i-am-not-complaining-i-had-a-beautiful-childhood-we-didn-t-have-a-lot/)

[Noemie Lenoir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noemie-lenoir/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e65/noemie-lenoir-47048_always_i-am-not-complaining-i-had-a-beautiful-c_2354134.png)

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