“I like Mr. Dickens books much better than yours, Papa. Said one of Thackerays daughters.”

“In a word, it was impossible for me to separate her, in the past or in the present, from the innermost life of my life.”

“Tonight, however, Dickens struck him in a different light. Beneath the authors sentimental pity for the weak and helpless, he could discern a revolting pleasure in cruelty and suffering, while the ...”

“I like Mr. Dickens books much better than yours, Papa. Said one of Thackerays daughters.”

“A DEFINITION NOT FOUND IN THE DICTIONARY Not leaving: an act of trust and love,often deciphered by children”

“The ideal-worker standard and norm of work devotion push mothers to the margins of economic life. And a society that marginalizes its mothers impoverishes its children. That is why the paradigmatic...”

“When God Created Mothers"When the Good Lord was creating mothers, He was into His sixth day of "overtime" when the angel appeared and said. "You're doing a lot of fiddling around on this one." And ...”