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Daughter Quotes by Bharati Mukherjee
- In Hindu societies, especially overprotected patriarchal families like mine, daughters are not at all desirable. They are trouble. And a mother who, as mine did,…
- In traditional Hindu families like ours, men provided and women were provided for. My father was a patriarch and I a pliant daughter. The neighborhood…
- My first novel, 'The Tiger's Daughter,' embodies the loneliness I felt but could not acknowledge, even to myself, as I negotiated the no man's land…
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- It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the midst of… — Teresa of Avila
- Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority. — Francis Bacon
- A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again. — Enid Bagnold
- Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her… — Abigail Adams
- Look, I've got incredible pride for my family. I've absolutely fallen into that cliche of a dad who could just happily talk… — Christian Bale
- A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond… — Honore de Balzac
- I hate being clean-shaven. My daughter gets very upset if I shave and says, 'Bring back the spikes, Dad.' — Eric Bana
- I wouldn't want my daughters to date a guy like me. I was dangerous around women in my twenties. I'm terrified that… — Antonio Banderas
- There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child. — Henry Ward Beecher
- If at any moment of the day I ever think I'm remotely cool at all, which is hardly ever, I have two… — Pat Benatar
- Go on daddy-daughter dates and father-and-sons' outings with your children. As a family, go on campouts and picnics, to ball games and… — Ezra Taft Benson
- Since the beginning, a woman's first and most important role has been ushering into mortality spirit sons and daughters of our Father… — Ezra Taft Benson