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William Watson Purkey Quotes: A poignant paradox is that sometimes the very desire to be a good mother or father will lead the parent to mistake duty for love.
         

A poignant paradox is that sometimes the very desire to be a good mother or father will lead the parent to mistake duty for love.


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