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Quote by Claire Tomalin

“Everybody is vulnerable through love of their children. Hostages to fortune.”

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Claire Tomalin is a renowned British biographer, born on June 20, 1933. Her works are known for their in-depth research and vivid storytelling, making her a leading figure in the field of biography. more

“The birth of a child is in many ways the end of a marriage - marriage including a child has to be reinvented, and reinvented at a time when both husband and wife are under unprecedented stress and the wife is exhausted, physically drained, and emotionally in shock. A man's conflict between wanting his child to have a mother and wanting to have the mother to himself is potentially intolerable.”

Men Way Children Ends Mother Wife Birth Husband Conflict Stress Including Shock Exhausted Husband And Wife Unprecedented Drained Birth Of A Child

Book:A Woman's Life: The Story of an Ordinary American and Her Extraordinary Generation

Source: A Woman's Life: The Story of an Ordinary American and Her Extraordinary Generation

“There is no other closeness in human life like the closeness between a mother and her baby - chronologically, physically, and spiritually they are just a few heartbeats away from being the same person.”

Humans Persons Mother Baby Human Life Heartbeat Closeness

Book:A Woman's Life: The Story of an Ordinary American and Her Extraordinary Generation

Source: A Woman's Life: The Story of an Ordinary American and Her Extraordinary Generation

“The actual American childhood is less Norman Rockwell and Walt Disney than Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe.”

Childhood Walt Hawthorne Allan Poe

Book:A Woman's Life: The Story of an Ordinary American and Her Extraordinary Generation

Source: A Woman's Life: The Story of an Ordinary American and Her Extraordinary Generation

“Dogs are great teachers. They are at home in the world. They live in the moment, and they force us to stay there with them. Dogs love us unconditionally, not for our bodies or bank accounts.”

World Moments Home Body Force Teacher Dog Accounts Live In The Moment Great Teacher Bank Accounts Dog Love

Author:Susan Cheever

“Pregnancy is difficult for women but it is even more difficult for men.”

Men Difficult Pregnancy

Book:A Woman's Life: The Story of an Ordinary American and Her Extraordinary Generation

Source: A Woman's Life: The Story of an Ordinary American and Her Extraordinary Generation

“Guilt is petty; I am above guilt.”

Guilt Petty

Author:Susan Cheever

“A wedding isn't for the bride and groom, it's for the family and friends. The B. and G. are just props, silly stick figures with no more significance than the pink and white candy figures on the top of the cake.”

White Figures Sticks Silly Significance Cake Family And Friends Candy Brides Props Bride And Groom

Author:Susan Cheever

“Man thinks, God directs. [Lat., Homo cogitat, Deu indicat.]”

Thinking Men God

Author:Alcuin

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