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We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.

You think you know what love is - until you have a child and discover that unconditional mother love.

I always say, you never know how much your parents loved you until you have a child to love.

When you love somebody, and they have a child, you love their child. You just accept it as a part of who they are, and you care about them and theirs.

I've never loved anybody the way I love my children.

You learn a lot about love before you ever get there. You learn at least as much about love from books as you do from watching your parents.

You don't know what unconditional love is. You may say you do, but if you don't have a child, you don't know what that is. But when you experience it, it is the most fulfilling ever.

I certainly don't think it's inevitable that we don't love children who don't carry our own DNA. If that were true we wouldn't have millions of successful adoptions to consider. I do think that it's harder to love a child when you come into that child's life after the unrequited passion of infancy and early childhood has passed.

Love is not only something you feel, it is something you do.

Love is a big thing - it's part of who you become, how you grow up. I had a wonderful husband, and I'm very lucky I have a second wonderful husband. You know, some people don't even score the first time.