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Anna Quindlen

I realized that, while I would never be my mother nor have her life, the lesson she had left me was that it was possible to love and care for a man and still have at your core a strength so great that you never even needed to put it on display.

Anna Quindlen

Strength

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The author understands that although she cannot live her mother’s exact life or become her, she has inherited an important lesson about inner strength. This strength is quiet and deep, allowing a woman to love and support a partner without needing to show off how strong she truly is.

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