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“When it's family, we might make an unhealthy exception because--it's family. But we shouldn't make that mistake. Don't allow anyone to mistreat you, no matter who they are.”

Book:Drama Free: A Guide to Managing Unhealthy Family Relationships

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Drama Free: A Guide to Managing Unhealthy Family Relationships

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“With abilities and strength like he has, it makes sense that he would quickly gain confidence. Confidence and independence go hand in hand. But I look back on the days when he was a newborn babe, when I had to hold him all night to keep him from crying, and I long for that time. There will never be a night like that again.’ -Dagmar, The First Girl Child.”

Family

Book:The First Girl Child

Source: The First Girl Child

“There is nothing a woman needs so much as a sister.”

Love Family Sisterhood

Book:The Unbroken Beauty of Rosalind Bone

Source: The Unbroken Beauty of Rosalind Bone

“I never could have guessed that living outside would end up meaning I'd use the word family in so many different ways, with so many different kinds of people since I left home. The word family will never feel the same as it once did, or maybe it never quite fit.”

Family Found Family Chosen Family

Book:Wandering Stars

Source: Wandering Stars

“She was now a doll, a beautiful, lifeless object that could be manipulated and admired at will”

Family Feminism Identity

Book:The Youngest Doll

Source: The Youngest Doll

“A shorter life is still a life, Henrietta Abbott,’ she said. ‘I’ve thought about this a great deal. A shorter life burns briefly but brightly . . . A bright star.”

Love Life Death Family

Book:The Secret of Nightingale Wood

Source: The Secret of Nightingale Wood

“The mere thought of losing her had been a drawn-out torture, she could see that on their faces, and she could only imagine what it would have done to them if she hadn't kept fighting - then or now. She was so glad she had, and so guilty that she almost hadn't.”

Family Depression Suicide Mental Health Perseverance Recovery

Book:The Project

Source: The Project

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