My mother had always taught me to write about my feelings instead of sharing really personal things with others, so I spent many evenings writing in my diary, eating everything in the kitchen and waiting for Mr. Wrong to call.

Cathy Guisewite
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In this quote from the book "The Notebook", from Nicholas Sparks, a young boy is explaining the reason he didn't have a boyfriend until he was old enough to be a teenager. He says that his mother taught him how to write about his feelings instead of sharing them with others, and since he couldn't share them with other people, he found an outlet to express them by having a secret romantic relationship with a boy named Jesse who was much older than he.

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  1. My mother had always taught me to write about my feelings instead of sharing really personal things with others, so I spent many evenings writing in my diary, eating everything in the kitchen and waiting for Mr. Wrong to call.
  2. When life gives you lemons, squirt someone in the eye.
  3. Cathy was the first widely syndicated humor strip created by a woman. The strip was pretty revolutionary at the time not only because it starred a female, but also because it was so emotionally honest about all the conflicting feelings many women had in 1976.
  4. I'm lucky that my real-life Mom has both a great sense of humor about herself and an amazing ability to slip into complete denial if the subject matter gets a little too close to home.
  5. I wanted Cathy and Irving to actually say 'I do' and be pronounced husband and wife on Feb. 5, which is my mom's birthday.
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