Says the rude child: "No, I won't do it." Says the courteous grown-up: "Yes, I won't do it.
The best work is done with the heart breaking, or overflowing.
Failure can get to be a rather comfortable old friend.
Ma-ma does everything for the baby, who responds by saying Da-da first.
Once you become self-conscious, there is no end to it; once you start to doubt, there is no room for anything else.
If your children spend most of their time in other people's houses, you're lucky; if they all congregate at your house, you're blessed.