"If our family was an airline, Mom was the hub and we were the spokes. You rarely went anywhere nonstop; you went via Mom, who directed the traffic flow and determined the priorities: which family member was cleared for takeoff or landing. Even my father was not immune to Mom's scheduling, though he was given more leeway than the rest of us."
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Source : Will Schwalbe (2012). “The End of Your Life Book Club”, p.13, Vintage
Source : "GOP representative would ban dirty words from TV / Ose angry FCC failed to act when Bono, Richie used f -- word" by Edward Epstein, www.sfgate.com. January 9, 2004.