We are always too busy for our children; we never give them the time o…

Mark Twain
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We are always too busy for our children; we never give them the time or interest they deserve. We lavish gifts upon them; but the most precious gift, our personal association, which means so much to them, we give grudgingly. ✨ Mark Twain (2012). Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations, p.42, Courier Corporation
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