"All the Americans in the study were native born, but the height of the mother does affect the growth potential of the child. So, there is a second generation effect. But this can explain only a small portion of the height difference between Americans and northern Europeans. Regarless of continent of origin, children who grow up under conditions of good health and nutrition are about the same height, on average."

-- Richard H. Steckel

#Mother Quotes #Children Quotes #Growing Up Quotes

“Unity does not mean sameness. It means oneness of purpose.”
“I don't go to see bands any more because I've got tinnitus, so I have to avoid loud music. You get used to it, but when it's quiet you hear a constant ringing.”
“Only when a book is written out of passion is there much hope of its being read with passion.”
“Book marketing is like opening doors for your readers to find you, not a stick you hit them with.”
“Quite simply, our one hope for spiritual safety during these turbulent times is to turn our minds and our hearts to Jesus Christ.”
“You need great passion, because everything you do with great pleasure, you do well.”
“There's in my mind a... turbulent moon-ridden girl or old woman, or both, dressed in opals and rags, feathers and torn taffeta, who knows strange songs but she is not kind.”
“Still lie the sheltering snows, undimmed and white; And reigns the winter's pregnant silence still; No sign of spring, save that the catkins fill, And willow stems grow daily red and bright. These are days when ancients held a rite Of expiation for the old year's ill, And prayer to purify the new year's will.”

Source : Helen Hunt Jackson (1891). “A Calendar of Sonnets”, p.4, Library of Alexandria

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