“While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.”
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“When a baby is born the mother in particular enters into a new larger relationship with the world. She has become connected to all people. She is part of keeping us on earthnot the "us" comprised of individuals but the species itself. By protecting this one baby this gift a mother accepts life's clearest responsibility.”
― Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe
― Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe
“I don't remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don't even know exist until you love a child.”
― Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year
― Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year
“Children see magic because they look for it.”
― Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal
― Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal
“America used to live by the motto "Father Knows Best." Now we're lucky if "Father Knows He Has Children." We've become a nation of sperm donors and baby daddies.”
― I Am America
― I Am America
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