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- A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary.
- Dorothy C. Fisher (1879 - 1958), quoted in O Magazine, May 2003
- There is…nothing to suggest that mothering cannot be shared by several people.
- H. R. Schaffer, O Magazine, May 2003
- Sometimes the laughter in mothering is the recognition of the ironies and absurdities. Sometime, though, it's just pure, unthinking delight.
- Barbara Schapiro, O Magazine, May 2003
- The most important thing she'd learned over the years was that there was no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.
- Jill Churchill, O Magazine, May 2003
- The art of dining well is no slight art, the pleasure not a slight pleasure.
- Michel de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)
- Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly.
- M. F. K. Fisher
- Isn't everyone a part of everyone else?
- Budd Schulberg, O Magazine, November 2003
- God creates men, but they choose each other.
- Niccolo Machiavelli (1469 - 1527), quoted in O Magazine, November 2003
- First it is necessary to stand on your own two feet. But the minute a man finds himself in that position, the next thing he should do is reach out his arms.
- Kristin Hunter, O Magazine, November 2003
- But the life that no longer trust another human being and no longer forms ties to the political community is not a human life any longer.
- Martha Nussbaum, O Magazine, November 2003
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