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“I only hope that one day I can frighten my daughter this much. Right now, she's not scared of my husband or me at all. I think it's a problem. I was a freshman home from college the first time my dad said, "You're going out at ten p.m.? I don't think so," and I just laughed and said, "It's fine." I feel like my daughter will be doing that to me by age six.
How can I give her what Don Fey gave me? The gift of anxiety. The fear of getting in trouble. The knowledge that while you are loved, you are not above the law. The Worldwide Parental Anxiety System is failing if this many of us have made sex tapes.”
― Bossypants
How can I give her what Don Fey gave me? The gift of anxiety. The fear of getting in trouble. The knowledge that while you are loved, you are not above the law. The Worldwide Parental Anxiety System is failing if this many of us have made sex tapes.”
― Bossypants
“I've always loved you, and when you love someone, you love the whole person, just as he or she is, and not as you would like them to be.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“If you're for the right thing, you do it without thinking.”
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
“I don't know if they're really like everybody else, or if they're able to pretend they are.”
― A Wrinkle in Time
― A Wrinkle in Time
“But still, everything is for Jesus; so like that everything is beautiful, even though it is difficult.”
― Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light: The Private Writings of the Saint of Calcutta
― Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light: The Private Writings of the Saint of Calcutta
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