“I don't know which hurt more: his rejection, his punch, or my own elder siblings laughing at my pain.” — Dorothy Hampton Marcus Copy Share Image
“I said to my mother, Henry VII is interesting. No he's not, my mother said.” — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“43. Answer: They were grandmother, mother and daughter. Go Back | Go to the Next Riddle” — Puzzleland Copy Share Image
The more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life [...] the stronger the daughter. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
The fault of upbringing or association, today the son are murders mother,and daughter pulling lint tend to respect father — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
The mother is the early care giver and primary source of identification for all children… A daughter continues to identify with the… — Nancy Chodorow Copy Share Image
“You grew up too fast, baby." Didn't always feel that way, especially this morning when I couldn't find my other flip-flop and… — Jennifer L. Armentrout Copy Share Image
The essential thing about mothers is that one needs to know that they are there, particularly at that age when, paradoxically, one… — Margot Fonteyn Copy Share Image
I think there's a tremendous amount of guilt that goes on between mothers and daughters, no matter how good or bad their… — Drew Barrymore Copy Share Image
Momma was home. She was the most totally human, human being that I have ever known, and so very beautiful. Within our… — Leontyne Price Copy Share Image
Re-examine all you have been told in school or church or in any book, and dismiss whatever insults your own soul; and… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
“When I got off the train back home, I saw the WHITE and COLORED signs that had been there all along, as… — Dorothy Hampton Marcus Copy Share Image
The tie is stronger than that between father and son and father and daughter. The bond is also more complex than the… — Carol Klein Copy Share Image
This is a nice metaphor, too, about mothers and daughters - that when it came time for me to make my own,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Maktub,” I whispered, holding her close. The word was tattooed on both of our wrists, meaning ‘it is written.’ Everything in life… — Brittainy C. Cherry Copy Share Image
Prayer by its nature is communion and union of man with God; by its action it is the reconciliation of man with… — Ignatius Bryanchaninov Copy Share Image
A mother and daughter are an edge. Edges are ecotones, transitional zones, places of danger or opportunity. House-dwelling tension. When I stand… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
It's necessary to readjust and then try again. And then readjust and try again. Fathers have to do that with sons and… — James Spader Copy Share Image
Having children can smooth the relationship, too. Mother and daughter are now equals. That is hard to imagine, even harder to accept,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“They looked more like sisters than mother and daughter, and I wondered if believing in Jesus kept you younger-looking. But then I… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
The love between a mother and her daughter is special. A mother takes her daughter under her wing and teaches her how… — Laura Ramirez Copy Share Image
“Did you get rid of that sweater like I asked?" "Yes, Mother," Josey said. "I wasn't trying to be mean the other… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“Ella woke again as they entered the picturesque village of Bibury. A stone bridge arched over the placid River Coln, and Ella… — Melanie Dobson Copy Share Image
“In some instances, even when crisis intervention has been intensive and appropriate, the mother and daughter are already so deeply estranged at… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
“Her smile was somehow a little too bright, but I watched as she showed me how she had scored the puff pastry… — Hannah Tunnicliffe Copy Share Image
“What do you think was the first sound to become a word, a meaning?... I imagined two people without words, unable to… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
I think the relationship between mother and daughter is so interesting, even in a semi-normal family. Emily Thorne/Amanda Clarke's family relationship is… — Emily VanCamp Copy Share Image
“Dust in a cloud, blinding weather, Drums that rattle and roar! A mother and daughter stood together Beside their cottage door. 'Mother,… — Robert Graves Copy Share Image
“once ruffle-skirted vanity table where I primped at thirteen, opening drawers to a private chaos of eyeshadows lavender teal sky-blue, swarms of… — Barbara Blatner Copy Share Image
Life doesn't give You the people you want, It gives you The people you need: To love you, To hate you, To… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
Re examine all you have been told in school and in church Or in any book, dismiss what insults your own soul… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
I grew up in a makeup chair, to see! the women around me getting ready was so aspirational, It is about mothers… — Drew Barrymore Copy Share Image
At work, you think of the children you have left at home. At home, you think of the work you've left unfinished.… — Golda Meir Copy Share Image
“Miranda rolls her eyes. "Passing over," she says. "That's nice. Is that anything like kicking the bucket? Keeling over, taking a dirt… — Kelly Braffet Copy Share Image
A daughter is a mother's gender partner, her closest ally in the family confederacy, an extension of herself. -Author Unknown As long… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“FYI: Mother and daughter constellations are very close to each other. So close, in fact, that if you listen in on a… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Our daughters are the most precious of our treasures, the dearest possessions of our homes and the objects of our most watchful… — Margaret Elizabeth Sangster Copy Share Image
“Be a hard worker. Work and happiness are like mother and daughter. Work brings forth happiness. Hard work brings great happiness. Enjoy… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Because after a time having a secret and nobody knowing you have a secret us no fun. And although you dont want… — E. L. Konigsburg Copy Share Image