"The signature of mediocrity is not an unwillingness to change. The signature of mediocrity is inconsistency."

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Sometimes," I ventured, "it doesn't occur to boys that their mother was ever young and pretty. . . I couldn't stand it if you boys were inconsiderate, or thought of her as if she were just somebody who looked after you. You see I was very much in love with your mother once, and I know there's nobody like her.

— Willa Cather