1. "A real Christmas baby was not to be lightly named."
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Kate Douglas Wiggin, The Bird's Christmas Carol
2. "CLAIRE I used to be a baby! CADAN I'm sorry."
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Charlie Kaufman, Synecdoche
3. "But sometimes the key to happiness is just expecting a little bit less. That way, you'll never be disappointed."
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Quote by Jodi Picoult
4. "Sometimes the key to happiness is just expecting a little bit less. That way, you'll never be dissappointed."
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Quote by Jodi Picoult
5. "And one day, God would send another baby, a baby promised to a girl who didn't even have a husband. But this baby would bring laughter to the whole world. This baby would be everyone's dream come true."
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Sally Lloyd-Jones, The Jesus Storybook Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name
6. "You know that euphemism, she’s expecting? It’s apt. The birth of a baby, so long as it’s healthy, is something to look forward to. It’s a good thing, a big, good, huge event. And from thereon in, every good things, too, I added hurriedly, but also, you know, first steps, first dates, first places in sack races. Kids, they graduate, they marry, they have kids themselves- in a way, you get to do everything twice. Even if our kid had problems, I supposed idiotically, at least they wouldn’t be our same old problems... (22)"
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Lionel Shriver, We Need to Talk About Kevin
7. "baby,"
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Dan Gutman, Ms. Beard Is Weird!
8. "I laugh maniacally, then take a deep breath and touch my chest- expecting a heart to be thumping quickly, impatiently, but there's nothing there, not even a beat."
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Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho
9. "If I looked into your face / expecting a word or a laugh on the old conditions, / it would not be a friend who met my eye"
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Quote by Philip Larkin
10. "Sleep, baby, sleep. Our promises we'll keep. Be the miracle you are, a wish come true on a shooting star. Sleep, baby, sleep."
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Maryann Cusimano Love, Sleep