Why did you marry Dad, Mom?" My mother sniffled through her nose, looked at me, then smiled. "I wanted something more and he was it. We both had big dreams." "That must have taken a lot of courage," I said. "To marry Dad. He was so different from you." "It was hardly courageous. It was just the only thing to do. We were in love.
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We lived in the blank white spaces at the edges of pr... MARGARET ATWOOD But remember that forgiveness too is a power. To beg for it is a power, and to withhold or bestow it... MARGARET ATWOOD Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Wat... MARGARET ATWOOD The way to get a man interested and to hold his interest was to talk about himself, and then gradual... MARGARET MITCHELL Coming to terms with the rhythms of women's lives means coming to terms with life itself, accepting ... MARGARET MEAD To have a man who can flirt is next thing to indispensable to a leader of society. MARGARET OLIPHANT The incomprehensibleness of women is an old theory, but what is that to the curious wondering observ... MARGARET OLIPHANT Male and female represent the two sides of the great radical dualism. But in fact they are perpetual... MARGARET FULLER One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex. MARGARET THATCHER For the very first time the young are seeing history being made before it is censored by their elder... MARGARET MEAD Humility is not my forte, and whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they g... MARGARET HALSEY People think that at the top there isn't much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My messa... MARGARET THATCHER I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it. MARGARET THATCHER Nature provides exceptions to every rule. MARGARET FULLER The rare pleasure of being seen for what one is, compensates for the misery of being it. MARGARET DRABBLE The south produced statesmen and soldiers, planters and doctors and lawyers and poets, but certainly... MARGARET MITCHELL I am extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end. MARGARET THATCHER Our treatment of both older people and children reflects the value we place on independence and auto... MARGARET MEAD Our humility rest upon a series of learned behaviors, woven together into patterns that are infinite... MARGARET MEAD When human beings have been fascinated by the contemplation of their own hearts, the more intricate ... MARGARET MEAD People in America, of course, live in all sorts of fashions, because they are foreigners, or unlucky... MARGARET MEAD I now know all the people worth knowing in America, and I find no intellect comparable to my own. MARGARET FULLER Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doi... MARGARET THATCHER Beauty puts a face on God. When we gaze at nature, at a loved one, at a work of art, our soul immedi... MARGARET BROWNLEY What most people don't seem to realize is that there is just as much money to be made out of the wre... MARGARET MITCHELL The first thing which I can record concerning myself is, that I was born. These are wonderful words.... MARGARET OLIPHANT The days are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling? MARGARET GATTY I have a habit of comparing the phraseology of communiques...noting a certain similarity of words, a... MARGARET THATCHER The city as a center where, any day in any year, there may be a fresh encounter with a new talent, a... MARGARET MEAD A city is a place where there is no need to wait for next week to get the answer to a question, to t... MARGARET MEAD When all is said and done, monotony may after all be the best condition for creation. MARGARET SACKVILLE I don't mind how much my ministers talk -- as long as they do what I say. MARGARET THATCHER The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you nee... MARGARET YOUNG If the factory people outside the colleges live under the discipline of narrow means, the people ins... MARGARET HALSEY It takes two to destroy a marriage. MARGARET TRUDEAU