"One of the very few reasons I had……" — Robert Fulghum

One of the very few reasons I had any respect for my… - Robert Fulghum

"One of the very few reasons I had any respect for my mother when I was thirteen was because she would reach into the sink with her bare hands - bare hands - and pick up that lethal gunk and drop it into the garbage. To top that, I saw her reach into the wet garbage bag and fish around in there looking for a lost teaspoon. Bare hands - a kind of mad courage."

— Robert Fulghum

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