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mother children pride
Pride is one of the seven deadly sins; but it cannot be the pride of a mother in her children, for that is a compound of two cardinal virtues - faith and hope. Charles Dickens
mother determination father
what I want you to be - I don't mean physically but morally: you are very well physically - is a firm fellow, a fine firm fellow, with a will of your own, with resolution. with determination. with strength of character that is not to be influenced except on good reason by anybody, or by anything. That's what I want you to be. That's what your father, & your mother might both have been Charles Dickens
mother children heart
The two stand in the fast-thinning throng of victims, but they speak as if they were alone. Eye to eye, voice to voice, hand to hand, heart to heart, these two children of the Universal Mother, else so wide apart and differing, have come together on the dark highway, to repair home together and to rest in her bosom. Charles Dickens
mother sweet pain
Let the tears which fell, and the broken words which were exchanged in the long close embrace between the orphans, be sacred. A father, sister, and mother, were gained, and lost, in that one moment. Joy and grief were mingled in the cup; but there were no bitter tears: for even grief arose so softened, and clothed in such sweet and tender recollections, that it became a solemn pleasure, and lost all character of pain. Charles Dickens
mother nature garden
The evening wind made such a disturbance just now, among some tall old elm-trees at the bottom of the garden, that neither my mother nor Miss Betsey could forbear glancing that way. As the elms bent to one another, like giants who were whispering secrets, and after a few seconds of such repose, fell into a violent flurry, tossing their wild arms about, as if their late confidences were really too wicked for their peace of mind... Charles Dickens
mother nature children
"But even if he has been wicked," pursued Rose, "think how young he is; think that he may never have known a mother's love, or the comfort of a home; that ill-usage and blows, or the want of bread, may have driven him to herd with men who have forced him to guilt. Aunt, dear aunt, for mercy's sake, think of this, before you let them drag this sick child to a prison, which in any case must be the grave of all his chances of amendment." Charles Dickens
mother butterfly garden
Now I am in the garden at the back . . . a very preserve of butterflies as I remember it, with a high fence, and a gate . . . where the fruit clusters on the trees, riper and richer than fruit has ever been since, in any other garden, and where my mother gathers some in a basket while I stand by, bolting furtive gooseberries, and trying to look unnerved. Charles Dickens
mother abode wells
I am well aware that I am the 'umblest person going. . . . My mother is likewise a very 'umble person. We live in a 'umble abode. Charles Dickens
mother errors reform
If you would reform the world from its errors and vices, begin by enlisting the mothers. Charles Simmons
reason rhetoric foe
The press is the foe of rhetoric, but the friend of reason. Charles Caleb Colton
reason
Faith is led confidently to expect what reason would never suggest. Charles Spurgeon
reason event-horizon lacking
We are alone. Live our lives, lacking anything better to do. Devise reason later. Alan Moore
reason accepting
Never ever accept 'Because You Are A Woman' as a reason for doing or not doing anything. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
reason take-me happens
Things happen for a reason. We'll see where life takes me from here. Buddy Rice
reason shares sold
The only reason I sold the 500,000 shares on Sept. 17, the only reason, was Sept. 11. Jeffrey Skilling
reason violent expeditions
The expedition of my violent love outrun the pauser, reason. William Shakespeare
reason inequality seems
Do not banish reason for inequality; but let your reason serve to make the truth appear where it seems hid, and hide the false seems true. William Shakespeare
reason
Love reasons without reason. William Shakespeare
my-sister grounded
My sister keeps me grounded. Amanda Seyfried
my-sister knows
You trust him, Trace, and you know it." "With my back," Trace snapped. "Not with my sister. Lori Foster
my-sister supporter
My relationship with my sister is so central to my life. She's my closest friend, my biggest supporter, and I know she would say the same about me. Emily Giffin
my-sister keepers my-sisters-keeper
I am not my sister's keeper. I am my sister. Iyanla Vanzant
my-sister used
I used to fantasize that Paul McCartney would marry my sister. Ozzy Osbourne
my-sister ends
In the end, though, I did not kill my sister. She did it all on her own. Or at least this is what I tell myself. Jodi Picoult
my-sisters-keeper knows sisters-keeper
When you don't know where you're headed, you find places no one else would ever explore. Jodi Picoult
my-sister knows
My sister, she says she knows Elvis. Sheryl Crow
my-sister stage mum
My sister died and my mum was really distant, as you do - you don't expect your offspring to die before you. I thought I was bulletproof up until that stage. Max Walker