Quote by Anna Quindlen
Even as we enumerate their shortcomings, the rigor of raising chil

Even as we enumerate their shortcomings, the rigor of raising children ourselves makes clear to us our mothers incredible strength. We fear both. If they are not strong, who will protect us? If they are not imperfect, how can we equal them? – Anna Quindlen

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Children should have enough freedom to be themselves – once theyve learned the rules. – Anna Quindlen

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Freedom
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If I get the forty additional years statisticians say are likely coming to me, I could fit in at least one, maybe two new lifetimes. Sad that only one of those lifetimes can include being the mother of young children. – Anna Quindlen

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sad
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Im sure not afraid of success and Ive learned not to be afraid of failure. The only thing Im afraid of now is of being someone I dont like much. – Anna Quindlen

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Id rather give my life than be afraid to give it. – Lyndon B. Johnson

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Between the fear that something would happen and the hope that still it wouldnt, there is much more space than one thinks. On that narrow, hard, bare and dark space a lot of us spend their lives. – Ivo Andric

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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

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The strongest passion is fear. – Jean de La Fontaine

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Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name. – Ambrose Bierce

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Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure. – Simone Weil

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