“Here's what I hadn't realized : the mother you haven't seen for almost 36 years isn't your mother. She is a stranger.… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
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“As I looked at [my future husband] I realized that, while I would never be my mother nor have her life, the… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
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![“As I looked at [my future husband] I realized that, while I would never be my mother nor have her life, the lesson she had left was that it was possible to love and care for a man and still have at your core a strength so great that you never even needed to put it on display.” quote by Anna Quindlen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b66/anna-quindlen-467_future-husband_as-i-looked-at-my-future-husband-i-reali_770170.jpg)
