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"I had to be an adult, be a father without a son, so for one last moment I needed to be a son who needed his mother."

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"But one day, when Toby is old enough, I will take down a shoe box from a shelf where it is kept, and I will tell him again the story of his sister, Isabel Margaret Cavendish, the girl who came before."

- J.P. Delaney

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"MotherHushed and sacred silencefills the dawning skyI ponder in this momentof our journey which is nigh..."

- Muse

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"once ruffle-skirted vanity table where I primped at thirteen, opening drawers to a private chaos of eyeshadows lavender teal sky-blue, swarms of hair pins pony tail fasteners, stashes of powders, colo..."

- Barbara Blatner

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"Love flows from me into him, and his blue eyes crinkle, huge and happy. Such a smiley baby. The midwife says it can't be a real smile, not yet, just some passing gas or a random quiver of his lip, but..."

- J.P. Delaney

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"While my father was out boozing, she'd read to me by the stub of a candle, a thread of soot twisting upwards from its pinched, meager flame. By her voice alone, she could raise up the old stories from..."

- Norman Lock

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"SHE holds the hand to help you in your First Step,She is your First Teacher,SHE holds your hand when You Fall Down,SHE is the one who guides you in Life,SHE hides you from all Trouble,SHE is sometime ..."

- Debolina Bhawal

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