Where did the bonds of maternity end? All children grew up, changed, became somebody else. Parents who trembled that they might lose a gap-toothed toddler to some terrible accident ended up losing him anyway, always, to time. The toddlers died, after all, and what was left was a bond with another adult, who had once been the beloved child. Nancy Kress
A soldier's life revolves around his mail. Like many others, I've been able to follow my kid's progress from the day he was born until now he is able to walk and talk a little, and although I have never seen him I know him...
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Bill Mauldin
It takes a society to raise a generation.
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David Berman
Being a parent is dirty and scary and beautiful and hard and miraculous and exhausting and thankless and joyful and frustrating all at once. It’s everything. (Confessions of a Scary Mommy, Gallery Books 2012).
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Jill Smokler
In parenting patience is the greatest virtue.
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Abhijit Naskar
Console the failure, but nurture the hunger.
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Bryan Cranston
More Quotes By Nancy Kress
You think intelligence and grit can succeed by themselves, but I'm telling you that's a pretty illusion.
An alien had given her his phone number and asked her to wait. It was almost like dating again.
You must learn to be three people at once: writer, character, and reader.
Where did the bonds of maternity end? All children grew up, changed, became somebody else. Parents who trembled that they might lose a gap-toothed toddler to some terrible accident ended up losing him anyway, always, to time. The toddlers died, after all, and what was...
A stereotype may be negative or positive, but even positive stereotypes present two problems: They are cliches, and they present a human being as far more simple and uniform than any human being actually is.
