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“We need you" means my sisters love me, they rely on me, they admire me.”

Book:Family of Liars

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Family of Liars

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E. Lockhart

E. Lockhart, born on September 13, 1967, is an American author renowned for her young adult literature. Her works are known for their unique style and popularity among readers. more

“Native families are like onions—rough-looking on the outside. People want to people the outer layers and toss them away, as if they have no value. But each layer is protecting the next, down to its innermost core. That green center, where the onion is sweetest, that's the Native child. Surrounded by layers of family and community.”

Inspirational Community Family Native American American Indian

Book:Sisters in the Wind

Source: Sisters in the Wind

“People say parents die a little when they lose a child. But that’s not true. They die twice. Once when their child dies. And again when they do.”

Loss Family Resilience Bereavement Rief

Book:No Operator on Board: Pushback

Source: No Operator on Board: Pushback

“You will always have me,' she says. 'When you are my age, you will still have me. We are two peas in a pod, no? I'm part of you. I'm inside of you. Unfortunately for you, you won't be able to shake me.”

Love Loss Family

Book:Girls Girls Girls

Source: Girls Girls Girls

“But the true idea of a Christian home, is that it is a place for spiritual growth. It is a place for the parents themselves to grow—to grow into beauty of character, to grow in spiritual refinement, in knowledge, in strength, in wisdom, in patience, gentleness, kindliness, and all the Christian graces and virtues. It is a place for children to grow—to grow into physical vigor and health and to be trained in all that shall make them true and noble men and women.”

Family Homemaking

Book:Home Making

Source: Home Making

“No more do plants need sunshine and air—than children need joy and gladness. Unhappiness stunts them, so that their sweetest graces never come out.”

Family Homemaking

Book:Home Making

Source: Home Making

“My mother's uncle Bradley had ten sons and one daughter. Those pre-Nintendo numbers.”

Humor Family

Book:Calling for a Blanket Dance

Source: Calling for a Blanket Dance

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