My mom didn't write, but she loved to read. She liked books 'that made you a little nervous.' Stephen King, Dean Koontz and Peter Straub were the three wise men of our family bookshelf. - Michael Easton

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Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another. ― desmond tutu

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When parents see their children's problems as opportunities to build the relationship instead of as negative, burdensome irritations, it totally changes the nature of parent-child interaction. Parents become more willing, even excited, about deeply understanding and helping their children. . . . This paradigm is powerful in business as well.

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If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance. ― George Bernard Shaw

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The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. — Jane Howard

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In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist. — Angela Davis

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To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.— Barbara Bush

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When trouble comes, it’s your family that supports you. – Guy Lafleur

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We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork.

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