"...this beginning motion, this first time when a sail truly filled and the boat took life and knifed across the lake under perfect control, this was so beautiful it stopped my breath..."

-- Gary Paulsen

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“We mothers are learning to mark our mothering success by our daughters' lengthening flight.”

Source : Letty Cottin Pogrebin (1983). “Family politics: love and power on an intimate frontier”, McGraw-Hill Companies
“I believe that everyone has expertise to sell and that people want to purchase that knowledge in a convenient way. Just as Airbnb made people realize that an extra room in their home or apartment can be a source of income, the new Learning Annex provides a platform for people to monetize their knowledge. Itâ€™s an exciting time for online adult education and our new platform is the way to unify an otherwise fragmented market.”
“I'd much rather go out having America shocked than having America go, 'Eh, it was his time.'”
“Some determined advocates of the vegetable system maintain, that the teeth and stomach of the monkey correspond, in structure, very closely with that of man, yet it lives on fruits - therefore if man followed nature, he would live on fruits and vegetables. But though the anatomical likeness between man and monkeys is striking, yet it is not complete; the difference may be and doubtless is precisely that which makes a difference of diet necessary to nourish and develope their dissimilar natures. Those who should live as the monkeys do would most closely resemble them.”
“Being a coach means giving your job 200% all the time and you're family is left on the side so I don't want to risk my family anymore just because I love football. I don't feel this ambition, I'm involved in many businesses and I want to live my own life, to see my daughters grow and want to see my family happy.”
“There's love, sweet love, for one and all-- For love is best for great and small.”

Source : Maud Lindsay (2010). “Mother Stories”, p.73, Heart of Dixie Publishing
“A united Noxus could control the world - and would deserve to.”
“Knowing few children of my age with whom to compare notes, I envied the children of literature to whom interesting things were always happening ...”

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