| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 38451 |
| QUOTATION: | A Mothers hardest to forgive. Life is the fruit she longs to hand you, Ripe on a plate. And while you live, Relentlessly she understands you. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Phyllis McGinley (19051978), U.S. poet, author. The Adversary, A Certain Age (1960). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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