"Old photograph: amid the set poses of her family, a young girl smiles and raises her hand a little."

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Maternal love, like an orange tree, buds and blossoms and bears at once. When a woman puts her finger for the first time into the tiny hand of her baby and feels that helpless clutch which tightens her very heartstrings, she is born again with her newborn child.

— Kate Douglas Wiggin