Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, and though they are with you, yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love, but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward, nor tarries with yesterday.

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In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony. — Friedrich Nietzsche

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God brings men into deep waters, not to drown them, but to cleanse them — John Aughey

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I don't mind living in a man's world, as long as I can be a woman in it. ― Marilyn Monroe

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If you can make a woman laugh, you can make her do anything. ― Marilyn Monroe

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If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.

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The most important thing in the world is family and love. — John Wooden

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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

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No woman should be told she can't make decisions about her own body. When women's rights are under attack, we fight back. ― Kamala Harris

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The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family. — Lee Iacocca

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