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Of all the peoples whom I have studied, from city dwellers to cliff dwellers, I always find that at least 50 percent would prefer to have at least one jungle between themselves and their mothers-in-law.
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Attributed to M. Mead in: Caroline Adams Miller (1994) Bright Words for Dark Days: Meditations for Women Who Get the Blues. p.10

 

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