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Quote by Ayelet Waldman
As a novelist, I mined my history, my family and my memory, but in

As a novelist, I mined my history, my family and my memory, but in a very specific way. Writing fiction, I never made use of experiences immediately as they happened. I needed to let things fester in my memory, mature and transmogrify into something meaningful. – Ayelet Waldman

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One of the darkest, deepest shames so many of us mothers feel nowadays is our fear that we are Bad Mothers, that we are failing our children and falling far short of our own ideals. – Ayelet Waldman

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Fear
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There are times as a parent when you realize that your job is not to be the parent you always imagined youd be, the parent you always wished you had. Your job is to be the parent your child needs, given the particulars of his or her own life and nature. – Ayelet Waldman

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Nature
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Ayelet Waldman
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Is Valentines Day a day to make cupcakes with your children? No, Valentines is supposed to be a day about romantic love. – Ayelet Waldman

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Romantic
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One wants to be together with ones family. Thats what families are about. – Aung San Suu Kyi

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Broken relationships are a source of heavy heartbreak that seem to affect every family. – Jerry B. Jenkins

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I cant say its not painful being estranged from most of my family. I wish it could be otherwise. – LaToya Jackson

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I am healthy, my family is healthy. That is the important thing. After that we go racing. – Mark Webber

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