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The story of a mother's life: Trapped between a scream and a hug.
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[On men:] I'm torn between wanting to have one and wanting to be one.
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Animal welfare issues have always been important to me.
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In the '80s, I thought I'd be a success as a woman if I were the president of a billion dollar company, had a sensitive soul-mate husband, two bilingual children, buns of steels, and a compost heap. In the '90s, I pretty much feel I'm a success if I can get through the afternoon without eating a cheesecake.
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So often, happiness is the extent to which we balance our grandiose expectations with reality.
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I wasn't intending to create a comic strip to begin with. So I think I wasn't aware that when the strip started, there had never been a woman's voice quite like this in the newspaper.
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Do we absolutely, absolutely know this is true?
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Food ... love ... mother ... career ... Live every day to the fullest. Partake of the four basic guilt groups.
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My mother had always taught me to write about my feelings instead of sharing really personal things with others, so I spent many evenings writing in my diary, eating everything in the kitchen and waiting for Mr. Wrong to call.
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Each of us wages a private battle each day between the grand fantasies we have for ourselves and what actually happens.
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I love comics, and I can't imagine life without them. I love newspaper comics.
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Food, love, career, and mothers, the four major guilt groups.
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Defy your own group. Rebel against yourself.
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One day, in 1982, for 15 minutes, my hair was perfect.