Lines Quote by Erykah Badu

True love in Mexico isn't between lovers; it's between a parent and a child. Mexico is a very intense culture of sons adoring their…

— Sandra Cisneros

I come from a strong matriarchal line. I was raised by Gypsy, her sister, Mary, and my maternal grandmother. The result of not having…

— Cherie Lunghi

“Whether she is seen as the benevolent Mother of All Living, or the Goddess of bloody battle, or the Death Goddess, or the prophetic…

— Monica Sjöö

I come from a very matriarchal family and it's important to me that women are protected and saved and educated and loved and valued.

— Wunmi Mosaku

“Gilead was, although undoubtedly patriarchal in form, occasionally matriarchal in content, like some sectors of the social fabric that gave rise to it. As…

— Margaret Atwood

The matriarchal society is thus the decadent and broken. The strongly matriarchal character of Negro life is due to the moral failure of Negro…

— R.J. Rushdoony

Enya is a very matriarchal musical force. Her music is very feminine and she layers her voice a lot. It leaks into my music…

— Weyes Blood

I come from a very hospitable, close, Catholic, matriarchal family.

— Francesca Annis

I come from a very matriarchal family, which is the case for a lot of Aboriginal families.

— Madeleine Madden

“The four million Minangkabau living in West Sumatra consider themselves to be a matriarchal society. “While we in the West glorify male dominance and…

— Christopher Ryan

My mother was a classic matriarchal figure. She'd sing round the house and always had music on.

— Bill Bailey

I came from a matriarchal family, and was always treated as an individual.

— Zeenat Aman