Quote by Ellen Goodman
We criticize mothers for closeness. We criticize fathers for dista

We criticize mothers for closeness. We criticize fathers for distance. How many of us have expected less from our fathers and appreciated what they gave us more? How many of us always let them off the hook? – Ellen Goodman

Other quotes by Ellen Goodman

We spend January1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives… not looking for flaws, but for potential. – Ellen Goodman

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January
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Theres a trick to the Graceful Exit. It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage, a relationship is over – and to let go. It means leaving whats over without denying its value. – Ellen Goodman

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relationship
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parenting
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Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted. – Garrison Keillor

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parenting

Parenting is one of the hardest jobs on earth. – Jennifer Aniston

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parenting

Its frightening to think that you mark your children merely by being yourself. It seems unfair. You cant assume the responsibility for everything you do –or dont do. – Simone de Beauvoir

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parenting

I dont think childrens inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father in the very same house they want places to play. – Beverly Cleary

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parenting

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As you have sown so shall you reap. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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The world is populated in the main by people who should not exist. – George Bernard Shaw

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Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. – George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman, “Maxims: Education,” 1905

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An order of government, established by such an all-wise, powerful being, must be good and perfect, and must be calculated to promote the permanent peace, happiness, and well-being of all his subjects. – Orson Pratt

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