No companion however wise, no friend however useful, can be to me what my mother has been: her … - Hester Lynch Piozzi

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I sometimes wish I were African American because people don't bash them afterward. It's the hardest to be a woman.

Hester Lynch Piozzi

No companion however wise, no friend however useful, can be to me what my mother has been: her image will long pursue my fancy; her voice for ever hang in my ears: may her precepts but sink into my heart!

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