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Uncles Quotes

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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“The only reason that some people aren’t ashamed of their parents and/or siblings is because they know that we know that they did not choose them.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
tags: ashamed, aunt, aunts, brother, brothers, choice, choose, chose, cousin, cousins, embarrass, embarrassed, embarrassment, extended-families, extended-family, families, family, grandfather, grandfathers, grandmother, grandmothers, grandparent, grandparents, nuclear-families, nuclear-family, shame, shameful, sibling, siblings, sister, sisters, uncle, uncles
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Dylan Thomas
“There are always Uncles at Christmas.”
― Dylan Thomas, Παιδικά Χριστούγεννα στην Ουαλία
tags: christmas, uncles
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Dylan Thomas
“Some few large men sat in the front parlors (...), Uncles almost certainly, trying their new cigars, holding them out judiciously at arms’ length, returning them to their mouths, coughing, then holding them out again as though waiting for the explosion;”
― Dylan Thomas, A Child's Christmas in Wales
tags: christmas, cigars, uncles
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Susanna Clarke
“Rich old uncles who die are in shockingly short supply.”
― Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
tags: uncles
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Jennifer Ashley
“I hope they produce twenty-seven bouncing babies for Uncle Bobby to spoil rotten. Then I'll hand them back when they need changing and bathing and whatnot.”
― Jennifer Ashley, The Price of Lemon Cake
tags: aunts, babies, uncles
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Craig Davidson
“At this, Calvin kissed my son on the nose, his lips pressed to the sheet.”
― Craig Davidson, The Saturday Night Ghost Club
tags: affection, family, nephews, uncles
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