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In A Nutshell
Bits of Wisdom and Humor
Here are some parenting bits of wisdom laced with bits of humor:
- The world is full of women blindsided by the unceasing demands of motherhood, still flabbergasted by how a job can be terrific and torturous. (Anna Quindlen).
- The most important thing she'd learned over the years was that there was no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one. (Jill Churchill)
- Neurotics build castles in the air, psychotics live in them. My mother cleans them. (Rita Rudner)
- The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy. (Sam Levenson)
- Sometimes the laughter in mothering is the recognition of the ironies and absurdities. Sometime, though, it's just pure, unthinking delight. (Barbara Schapiro)
- I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions. (Augusten Burroughs)
- At some point we all feel like we are drowning in motherhood. (Saralee Sky)
- Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence. (Sholem Asch)
- You’re not famous until your mother knows about it. (Jay Leno)
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