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Lynn Johnston Quotes

Lynn Johnston quotes about my mother

American Cartoonist May 28, 1947

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You think about child abuse and you think of a father viciously attacking a daughter or a son, but in my family it was my mother. My mother, I would say, was a... very brutal disciplinarian. Lynn Johnston
That's what my mother did. And my father was the first person she'd met who treated her kindly. She was terrified of men, and she married a very meek, kind, dear man. And she had the upper hand. She ruled the roost. Lynn Johnston
Lynn Johnston quote: "My mother was a very literate person who had educated herself...."
My mother was a very literate person who had educated herself. She had an exceptional vocabulary. Lynn Johnston
But even though all this was going on at home, if someone had tried to take me away and put me in a children's home, I couldn't have handled it. Even though my mother was very brutal, it was my home. Lynn Johnston
After I got this job at the syndicate, I started sending them money so they could go on trips and do the things they could never afford to do. All the while, I never knew that my mother was socking money away. Lynn Johnston

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