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"She never called her son by any name but John; 'love' and 'dear', and such like terms, were reserved for Fanny."

"My mother described her reactions better than I ever could mine: she said she was "surprised with thunder" that her boy had come back, and that the happiness in her heart was "as deep as the sea"."

"The way I saw the world changed in an instant. My eyes were opened to a need in this country that was just beginning to be recognized. The floodgates were opened, and our battle-injured warriors fille..."

"Auntie Wu took special pride in two of her accomplishments--the sons she bore and the flowers she grew. They were equally useless, but the flowers smelled better."

"We are all fools with our sons. We wipe them and suckle them and all we expect is for them to be grateful to the end of their days."