{"quotes":[{"text":"...If I were an angel of the Lord, I would mark the doors of each of my children's homes with an X, so that plague and misfortune would pass over them. Alas, I lack the qualifications. So when there was still world and time enough I fretted. I nagged. I corrected. I got everything wrong.","author":"Mordecai Richler","tags":["babies-kids-children-givingup","concern-for-others","fatherhood","fret","fretting","maternal-love","maternalism","motherhood","paternal-love","paternal-protection","paternalism","protect-my-sleeping-babes","worry"],"id":1933,"author_id":"Mordecai+Richler"},{"text":"I would be the first to admit that my maternal instincts are not well developed--though in defense I must add that the raising of Ramses would have discouraged any woman.","author":"Elizabeth Peters","tags":["maternal-love","maternalism","motherhood","parenting","parenting-humor"],"id":387238,"author_id":"Elizabeth+Peters"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":2,"pages":1}}