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Quote by Anna Quindlen
In the family sandwich, the older people and the younger ones can

In the family sandwich, the older people and the younger ones can recognize one another as the bread. Those in the middle are, for a time, the meat. – Anna Quindlen

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

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When trouble comes, its your family that supports you. – Guy Lafleur

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I have a lot of very close girlfriends and sisters – Im from an all female family. My father often quips that even the cat was neutered! – Shirley Manson

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My family went through divorces and remarriages and the later, blended home – and then watched that home explode, too. – Jeffrey Kluger

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The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion. – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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