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Kelly Corrigan Inspirational Quotes (10)

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And it occurs to me that maybe the reason my mother was so exhausted all the time wasn’t because she was doing so much but because she was feeling so much.
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That to fly requires chaotic, sometimes even violent passages--becomes a metaphor for all of life's most meaningful endeavors.
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I envy my dad and his faith. I envy all people who have someone to beseech, who know where they're going, who sleep under the fluffy white comforter of belief.
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If John Lennon was right that life is what happens when you're making other plans, parenthood is what happens when everything is flipped over and spilling everywhere and you can't find a towel or a sponge or your inside voice.
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I am an average mother in almost every way, so yes, much to my regret, I do yell at my children.
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The mother is the most essential piece on the board, the one you must protect. Only she has the range. Only she can move in multiple directions. Once she's gone, it's a whole different game.
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How seriously can I take myself? I'm just one of six billion people, right?
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Raising people is not some lark. It's serious work with serious repercussions. It's air-traffic control. You can't step out for a minute you can barely pause to scratch your ankle.
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Appreciation is the purest,strongest form of love. It is the outward-bound kind of love that asks for nothing and gives everything.
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We're never ready for the things that happen. When the big stuff happens, we're always looking in the other direction.
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