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The mother told the son that “life is hard”.

QUOTATION MARKS TO SHOW EMPHASIS- NO NO NO

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The mother told her son that her life has not been a “crystal stair”. YES

The mother told her son that her life “ain’t been no crystal stair.”

YES

The mother said that her life was hard “aint been no crystal stair”. NO.

The mother said that her life has a lot of “tacks… and splinters”.

“tacks in it, and splinters”

The mother said that the stairway of her life has a lot of “tacks in it”.

The mother told her son to never “set down on the steps” when he found that life was getting difficult.  Instead, she told him that he should “keep climbin’ on” when he met hard times.  INCORPORATING QUOTED MATERIAL

The mother said that sometimes her life has been so bleak that she has had to walk where there “ain’t been no light”, and therefore has had to be courageous enough to face the challenges in her life despite feeling despair.