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The Erma Bombeck Collection: If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?, Motherhood, and The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank

Book by Erma Bombeck · 6 quotes · Children, Funny, Kids

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The Erma Bombeck Collection: If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?, Motherhood, and The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank Quotes

“I have never understood, for example, how come a child can climb up on the roof, scale the TV antenna, and rescue the cat ... yet cannot walk down the hallway without grabbing both walls with his grubby hands for balance.”

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“When the history of guilt is written, parents who refuse their children money will be right up there in the Top Ten.”

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“If I raised my hand to wipe the hair out of my children's eyes, they'd flinch and call their attorney.”

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“I got so much food spit back in my face when my kids were small, I put windshield wipers on my glasses.”

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“To my way of thinking, the American family started to decline when parents began to communicate with their children.”

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