Some emotions don’t make a lot of noise. It’s hard to hear pride. Caring is real faint – like a heartbeat. And pure love – why, some days it’s so quiet, you don’t even know it’s there.
ERMA BOMBECKOne thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child’s name and how old he or she is.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
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A member of the committee slapped a name tag over my left bosom. “What shall we name the other one?” I smiled. She was not amused.
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When the going gets tough, the tough make cookies.
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All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.
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Laughter rises out of tragedy when you need it the most, and rewards you for your courage.
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How come anything you buy will go on sale next week?
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Encourage independence in your children by regularly losing them in the supermarket.
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Time. It hangs heavy for the bored, eludes the busy, flies by the for young, and runs out for the aged.
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One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child’s name and how old he or she is.
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Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.
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Did you ever notice that the first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to anyone?
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As a child, my number one best friend was the librarian in my grade school. I actually believed all those books belonged to her.
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It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
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Cats invented self-esteem.
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Maybe age is kinder to us than we think. With my bad eyes, I can’t see how bad I look, and with my rotten memory, I have a good excuse for getting out of a lot of stuff.
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