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" The art of motherhood involves much silent, unobtrusive self-denial, an hourly devotion which finds no detail too minute. "

Honore de Balzac

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" Cyberbullying isn't real. But bullying and harassment certainly are real. Trust me, friends, I went to school in England. They've got bullying down to a fine art. I know, because I was one of its chief architects. I was awful to my fellow schoolboys. "

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