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aunt laughing firsts
[The woman] paused and seemed to take a deep breath. 'You see,' she declared. 'I am Tom Mallow's aunt.' Catherine's first instinct was to burst out laughing. She wondered why there was something slightly absurd about aunts; perhaps it was because one thought of them as dear, comfortable creatures, somehow lacking in dignity and prestige. Barbara Pym
aunt catch cook holidays nearly spend
As a child, I used to spend nearly all my summer holidays with my aunt in Wales, and we used to catch mackerel in a boat and then cook them on board. Mary Quant
aunt
Maybe I'll just be a good aunt. Kim Kardashian
aunt looks beast
We do not know what things look like. We know what things are like. It must be a very limiting thing,this seeing. -Aunt Beast Madeleine L'Engle
aunt opposites numbers
"Nought usually comes at the beginning," Ralph said. "Not necessarily," said Sibyl. "It might come anywhere. Nought isn't a number at all. It's the opposite of number." Nancy looked up from the cards. "Got you, aunt," she said. "What about ten? Nought's a number there - it's part of ten." "Well, if you say that any mathematical arrangement of one and nought really makes ten - " Sibyl smiled. "Can it possibly be more than a way of representing ten?" Charles Williams
aunt family full great grew hospital naval royal served ship side strong war women
I grew up in a family full of strong women. A great aunt on my mother's side had been a matron on a hospital ship in World War II, and one on my father's side had served in the Women's Royal Naval Service. Nick Earls
aunt believed caused handed happened kids quite report shakespeare strongly teaching
I have an aunt who believed strongly that teaching kids that Shakespeare is 'hard' is wrong, so she handed me 'Hamlet' when I was in kindergarten to see what would happen. What happened was I did a book report on 'Hamlet' and caused quite a lot of trouble! Seanan McGuire
aunt order needs
Why is it so much easier to talk to a stranger? why do we feel we need to disconnect in order to connect? If I wrote "Dear Sofia" or "Dear Boomer" or "Dear Lily's Great-Aunt" at the top of this postcard, wouldn't that change the words that followed? Of course it would. But the question is: When I wrote "Dear Lily," was that just a version of "Dear Myself"? I know it was more than that. But it was also less than that, too David Levithan
aunt claws posts
Religion put claws on Aunt Sally and gave her a post to whet them on. Katherine Anne Porter
parents running talked water
I've talked to our trainers and managers. If we can't get (the running backs) in the game, we'll let them run the water out during timeouts. That way I can tell their parents they got on the field.
parents supposed
They all disowned their parents long ago, the way you are supposed to Margaret Atwood
parent theatrical
My parents were not theatrical at all. Jane Asher
parent growing able
I love my parents. Coming out to them was sort of coming out to myself. I educated them, and I wanted our relationship to keep growing. I wanted them to be a part of my life still. I wanted to be able to share with them what I was going through. Randy Harrison
parent united-states married
However, when my parents married in 1945, China was in turmoil and the possibility of returning grew increasingly remote, and they decided to begin their family in the United States. Steven Chu
parent china born
I was born and raised in China, and my parents were missionaries. Jayne Meadows
parent choices soul
The circumstances, including my body and my parents, whom I may curse, are my soul's own choice and I do not understand this because I have forgotten James Hillman
parents-marriage interesting married
I don't know why, but the older I get the more interested I get in my parents' marriage. And it's interesting to be married yourself, too, because there is an inevitable comparison. Jhumpa Lahiri
parent matter feels
Nothing is ever quite right, is it, after a parent dies? No matter how well things go, something always feels slightly off... Jenna Blum
my-family born raised
I identify myself as a Nigerian because that is where I was born and raised and where my family still lives. Toks Olagundoye
my-family embedded
I don't know what it's like to not work; my family embedded that in me. Mila Kunis
my-family communist afghanistan
My family left Afghanistan in 1976, well before the Communist coup and the Soviet invasion. We certainly thought we would be going back. But when we saw those Soviet tanks rolling into Afghanistan, the prospect for return looked very dim. Few of us, I have to say, envisioned that nearly a quarter century of bloodletting would follow. Khaled Hosseini