Lucille Clifton Quotes
All people, even one's own children, come with baggage. When they're little, you have to help them carry it. But when they grow up, you have to do that difficult thing of setting their baggage down and taking up your own again.
Lucille Clifton
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America is a great country, and we've done a lot of good in the world. But we are a collection of people, not saints. We have our own sins to atone for.
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All people, even one's own children, come with baggage. When they're little, you have to help them carry it. But when they grow up, you have to do that difficult thing of setting their baggage down and taking up your own again.
Lucille Clifton
