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title: "24 Sons Daughters Quotes by 22 authors"
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> [“They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/they-are-the-sons-and-daughters-of-life-s-longing-for-itself/)

[Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/)

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> [“We are sons and daughters of a great God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/we-are-sons-and-daughters-of-a-great-god/)

[Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/)

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> [I believe in the freedom of God's sons and daughters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-buckley/i-believe-in-the-freedom-of-god-s-sons-and-daughters/)

[Pat Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-buckley/)

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> [Parents are sometimes a little more passionate about their sons and daughters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-horford/parents-are-sometimes-a-little-more-passionate-about-their-sons-and/)

[Al Horford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-horford/)

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> [“We are all the sons and daughters of time”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/we-are-all-the-sons-and-daughters-of-time/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

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> [No president can easily commit our sons and daughters to war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-h-w-bush/no-president-can-easily-commit-our-sons-and-daughters-to-war/)

[George H. W. Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-h-w-bush/)

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> [“I used to wonder why I had hair on my legs, but now I know it's for my toddler sons and daughters…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-gaffigan/i-used-to-wonder-why-i-had-hair-on-my-legs-but-now-i-know-it-s-for-my/)

[Jim Gaffigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-gaffigan/)

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> [“trust God with our sons and daughters. No one can do a better job with them than He can! I”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-cole/trust-god-with-our-sons-and-daughters-no-one-can-do-a-better-job-with/)

[Nathan Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-cole/)

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> [“And it's safe to assume that those in power would think longer and harder about launching a war if they envisioned their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/and-it-s-safe-to-assume-that-those-in-power-would-think-longer-and/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [“Raising teenage sons and daughters is a long and tiresome journey. With God's help the final outcome will be worthwhile.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ana-monnar/raising-teenage-sons-and-daughters-is-a-long-and-tiresome-journey/)

[Ana Monnar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ana-monnar/)

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> [“Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/your-children-are-not-your-children-they-are-the-sons-and-daughters-5/)

[Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/)

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> [In the event you bungle elevating your sons or daughters, I do not imagine regardless of what else you are doing nicely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jackie-kennedy/in-the-event-you-bungle-elevating-your-sons-or-daughters-i-do-not/)

[Jackie Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jackie-kennedy/)

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> [There are not a lot of sons or daughters of actors who have made it. Hollywood is awash with failures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-douglas/there-are-not-a-lot-of-sons-or-daughters-of-actors-who-have-made-it/)

[Michael Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-douglas/)

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> [...don't criticize what you can't understand, your sons and your daughters are beyond your command.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/don-t-criticize-what-you-can-t-understand-your-sons-and-your/)

[Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/)

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> [Yes, we are our fathers' sons and daughters, but we are not their choices. For despite their absences we are still here.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-beaty/yes-we-are-our-fathers-sons-and-daughters-but-we-are-not-their/)

[Daniel Beaty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-beaty/)

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> [our sons and daughters are only passing through. ... If we are lucky, they always will consider our home their harbor, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacquelyn-mitchard/our-sons-and-daughters-are-only-passing-through-if-we-are-lucky-they/)

[Jacquelyn Mitchard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacquelyn-mitchard/)

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> [How sad that men would base an entire civilization on the principle of paternity, upon the legal owership and presumed responsibility for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-chesler/how-sad-that-men-would-base-an-entire-civilization-on-the-principle/)

[Phyllis Chesler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-chesler/)

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> [How many of the people I know - sons and daughters - have intricate abstract expressionist paintings of their mothers, created out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-goodman/how-many-of-the-people-i-know-sons-and-daughters-have-intricate/)

[Ellen Goodman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-goodman/)

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> [“Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kahlil-gibran/your-children-are-not-your-children-they-are-the-sons-and-daughters-3/)

[Kahlil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kahlil-gibran/)

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> [Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/your-children-are-not-your-children-they-are-the-sons-and-daughters/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Wishing a special Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers who have sons and daughters serving our country. From one blue star…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/wishing-a-special-happy-mother-s-day-to-all-the-mothers-who-have-sons/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“Who are these sons and daughters? They are the ones who know the love and affirmation of a father. They are not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-w-goll/who-are-these-sons-and-daughters-they-are-the-ones-who-know-the-love/)

[James W. Goll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-w-goll/)

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> [“Anna was, Livia is, Plurabelle's to be. Northmen's thing made southfolk's place but howmulty plurators made eachone in per-son? Latin me that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/anna-was-livia-is-plurabelle-s-to-be-northmen-s-thing-made-southfolk/)

[James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/)

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> [“We are beautiful because we are sons and daughters of God, not because we look a certain way.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-wicker/we-are-beautiful-because-we-are-sons-and-daughters-of-god-not-because/)

[Kate Wicker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-wicker/)

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                        "text": "“Anna was, Livia is, Plurabelle's to be. Northmen's thing made southfolk's place but howmulty plurators made eachone in per-son? Latin me that, my trinity scholard, out of eure sanscreed into oure eryan! Hircus Civis Eblanensis! He had buckgoat paps on him, soft ones for orphans. Ho, Lord! Twins of his bosom. Lord save us! And ho! Hey? What all men. Hot? His tittering daugh-ters of. Whawk? Can't hear with the waters of. The chittering waters of. Flitter-ing bats, fieldmice bawk talk. Ho! Are you not gone ahome? What Thom Malone? Can't hear with bawk of bats, all thim liffey-ing waters of. Ho, talk save us! My foos won't moos. I feel as old as yonder elm. A tale told of Shaun or Shem? All Livia's daughter- sons. Dark hawks hear us. Night! Night! My ho head halls. I feel as heavy as yonder stone. Tell me of John or Shaun? Who wereShem and Shaun the living sons or daughters of? Night now! Tell me, tell me, tell me, elm! Night night! Telmetale of stem or stone. Beside the rivering waters of, hitherandthithering waters of. Night!”",
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