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Image of the quote is loading... SaveSave Her family... Love and involvement brought joy, but as well could become a hideously heavy millstone slung about one's neck. And the worst was that she felt useless because there was not a mortal thing she could do to help resolve their problems. - Quote by Rosamunde Pilcher

Her family… Love and involvement brought joy, but as well could become a hideously heavy millstone slung about one’s neck. And the worst was that she felt useless because there was not a mortal thing she could do to help resolve their problems.

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