"You may, or may not, have better child care instincts than your husband; but his can certainly be developed. If you don't respectthe natural parenting talents that each of you has, you may inadvertently cast the two of you into the skewed but complementary roles of the Expert and the Dumb Apprentice."

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Source : Jean Marzollo (1991). “Your Maternity Leave”, Poseidon Press

Jean Marzollo

#Husband Quotes #Children Quotes #Two Quotes

“Be your character what it will, it will be known, and nobody will take it upon your word.”
“There are no preconditions for jealousy. You don't have to be right, you don't have to be reasonable. Take Othello. He was neither right nor reasonable, and Desdemona ended up dead. I wouldn't mind Leanne ending up dead. I wouldn't mind exploding her into fireworks of peacock and pearl.”

Source : Franny Billingsley (2011). “Chime”, p.113, Penguin
“I came to the conclusion that there is an existential moment in your life when you must decide to speak for yourself; nobody else can speak for you.”
“There wasn't a lot of music in the home when I was growing up. We didn't have a piano or anything like that but my grandmother, had been a well-known piano teacher.”
“I just knew I would be a writer. It just seemed the only sensible thing to do.”
“How can someone so wonderful do something so terrible?”
“Most people who seek attention and regard by announcing that they're writing a novel are actually so devoid of narrative talent that they can't hold the attention of a dinner table for thirty seconds, even with a dirty joke.”
“Once one habit peels away the others follow it. You have to hold on, or the next thing you'll find yourself parading down the street in your nightdress. Habit is everything.”

Source : Helen Dunmore (2008). “Your Blue-Eyed Boy”, p.217, Penguin UK

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