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I have never understood the importance of having children memorize battle dates. It seems like such a waste of mental energy. Instead, we could teach them important subjects such as How the Mind Works, How to Handle Finances, How to Invest Money for Financial Security, How to be a Parent, How to Create Good Relationships, and How to Create and Maintain Self-Esteem and Self-Worth. Can you imagine what a whole generation of adults would be like if they had been taught these subjects in... Louise L. Hay
The humming of my parents' voices from behind my bedroom wall, which throughout my childhood had filled me with a sense of security, had now become a source of anxiety and panic. Jeffrey Eugenides
Abraham Lincoln quote: "Love is the chain whereby to lock a child to its parent."
Love is the chain whereby to lock a child to its parent. Abraham Lincoln
Woody Allen quote: "And my parents finally realize I'm kidnapped and they snap..."
And my parents finally realize I'm kidnapped and they snap into action immediately: They rent out my room. Woody Allen
John Steinbeck quote: "An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new..."
An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions. John Steinbeck
But the central branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library was still a place of wonders to Tess, even if the book budget had been slashed and the hours cut. Her parents had made a lot of mistakes, a fact Tess compulsively shared on first dates, but she gave them credit for doing one thing right: Starting when she was eight, they gave her a library card and dropped her off at the downtown Pratt every Saturday while they shopped. Twenty-one years later, Tess still entered through the children's... Laura Lippman
Jeffrey Archer quote: "Are parents always more ambitious for their children than they..."
Are parents always more ambitious for their children than they are for themselves? Jeffrey Archer
Chuck Palahniuk quote: "First your parents, they give you your life, but then they try..."
First your parents, they give you your life, but then they try to give you their life. Chuck Palahniuk
Sherman Alexie quote: "I think all of us are always five years old in the presence..."
I think all of us are always five years old in the presence and absence of our parents. Sherman Alexie
Dear God," said Nudge under her breath, "I want real parents. But I want them to want me too. I wantthem to love me. I already love them. Please see what you can do. Thanks very much. Love, Nudge."Okay, so I'm not saying we were pros at this or anything. (Max thoughts) James Patterson
Even as a child, I'd hated hearing kids complain about their parents and siblings. I wanted to shout at them: if you don't like your family, give it to me-I'll take it and I'll never whine about an early bedtime or an annoying little sister. Agatha Christie
TEIRESIAS: You have your eyes but see not where you arein sin, nor where you live, nor whom you live with. Do you know who your parents are? Unknowingyou are enemy to kith and kinin death, beneath the earth, and in this life. Sophocles
Love... is a deep unity maintained by the will and deliberately strengthened by habit; reinforced by (in Christian marriages) the grace which both parents ask, and receive, from God. C. S. Lewis
Richard Ford quote: "Conversations with adults other than a person's parents had..."
Conversations with adults other than a person's parents had more of an outcome. Richard Ford
My husband is a good man," she said. "It's important to him to be a good man. He has to not only be good, he has to believe that he's good. In the eyes of God, in my eyes, in his parents' eyes, in his own eyes. Good. Orson Scott Card

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