Twenty-three and a quarter minutes past, Uncle Matthew was saying furiously, in precisely six and three-quarter minutes the damned fella will be late

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I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.

I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off;...

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off;...

I have only ever read one book in my life, and that is White Fang....

I have only ever read one book in my life, and that is White Fang....

The great advantage of living in a large family is that early lesson of life's...

The great advantage of living in a large family is that early lesson of life's...

Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go by any rules. They're not like aches...

Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go by any rules. They're not like aches...

Parenting is an awesome task. It is my job as a professional to be sure...

Parenting is an awesome task. It is my job as a professional to be sure...

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to...

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to...

I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures...

I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures...

All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end...

All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end...

No one would be foolish enough to choose war over peace--in peace sons bury their...

No one would be foolish enough to choose war over peace--in peace sons bury their...

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to this country and...

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to this country and...

Every child senses, with all the horse sense that's in him, that any parent is...

Every child senses, with all the horse sense that's in him, that any parent is...

In time of test, family is best.

In time of test, family is best.

The first half of our lives is spoiled by our parents, and the last half...

The first half of our lives is spoiled by our parents, and the last half...

Family life is full of major and minor crises -- the ups and downs of...

Family life is full of major and minor crises -- the ups and downs of...

There has been a reevaluation of our slave philosophy that permitted us to be satisfied...

There has been a reevaluation of our slave philosophy that permitted us to be satisfied...

To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each...

To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each...

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter...

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter...

Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper.

Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper.

We all have a family member who think they're a professional photographer.

We all have a family member who think they're a professional photographer.