"When a baby first looks at you...when it laughs that deep, unselfconscious gurgle; or when it cries and you pick it up and it clings sobbing to you...then you are-happy is not the precise word-filled."

-- Marilyn French

#Baby Quotes #Motherhood Quotes #Laughing Quotes

“My business is not to show anybody anything; my job is just to do it.”
“Natural dignity of mind or manners can never be concealed; it ever commands our respect: assumed dignity, or importance, excites our ridicule and contempt.”
“The true measure of greatness of a human being is their ability to express love in relationship.”
“The idea of words and photos was something that appealed to me.”
“On the issue of inflation, I think I could solve it no matter how much money it took.”
“Failing is an event, not a person. Yesterday ended last night.”
“I was really lucky. I had a really great opportunity. I went to an all girls, very small private school from seventh grade all the way to graduating. It was so wonderful because the focus was school at school...and during the week I could be that nerdy bookworm of a girl, and do six hours of homework at night.”
“We never love anyone. Not really. We only love our idea of another person. It is some conception of our own that we love. We love ourselves, in fact.”

Source : William Boyd (2013). “The Dream Lover: Short Stories”, p.335, A&C Black

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