Been Quote by Muriel Rukeyser

When I was a child, I had a quiet, protected childhood.

— Lucile Hadzihalilovic

I learned, viscerally, something that I knew intellectually: that I cannot protect my daughter from the difficulties as she may encounter in her search…

— Linda Goldstein Knowlton

For all these years I kept my mouth closed so selfish desires would not fall out. And because I remained quiet for so long…

— Amy Tan

I've been blind in my mind since the age of three.

— Mike May

I met a blind man, who taught me how to see.

— Aerosmith

I learned how to be a woman and a good person just by watching and observing my mother.

— Cynthia Addai-Robinson

I was not yet three years old when my mother determined to send one of my elder sisters to learn to read at a…

— Juana Inés de la Cruz

I had a sheltered childhood.

— Vaani Kapoor

Now that I'm a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.

— Ruby Bridges

When I stopped seeing my mother through the eyes of a child, I saw the woman who helped me give birth to myself.

— Nancy Friday

My daughter introduced me to myself.

— Beyonce Knowles

I was very protected growing up. My dad was very strict with me. I was the oldest of four kids, and there are three…

— Dominik Garcia-Lorido