My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother wou… — Harmon Killebrew

My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, "You're tearing up the grass"; "We're not raising grass," Dad would reply. "We're raising boys".

Harmon KillebrewAthlete · American · b. 1936

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I don't think children's inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father in the very same house; they want places to play. — Beverly Cleary
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