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“The best music I have ever heard is the sound of my daughters giggling.”
“... He spoke in the deep tenderness of one about to leave his treasure amid perils and foes, where his remembered words would be the only aid he could bequeath to guide her.”
“Her laughter was my favorite symphony.”
“My daughter and two sons are the flowers in my heart and garden.”
“Mama said it's probably because of Suzanne, and that you are never the same after a child dies. That made me wonder what she was like before Clover died, because I don't think I really knew my own ...”
“Maybe it's just a daughter's job to piss off her mother.”
“The open forgiveness in her eyes, the uncensored love, terrified me.”
“Nothing you could do would make me send you away. Nothing.”
“Your daughter's coming of age, you ought to let her see the world a little.”
“Eight or nine out of ten mothers in our society today believe that they have accomplished their duty if their daughters, once married, are not sent home in divorce. -Daughters in Boxes”
“A daughter is a rainbow - a curve of light through scattered mist that lifts the spirit with her prismatic presence. Is a shadow - a reminder of something brilliant ducking out of sight, too easily...”
“Part of me shall dwell in my daughter to call upon in times of need of course.”
“If you remember yourself, you will remember me. I am always a part of you. I am your mother.”
“She's a people-mechanic and always knows when I'm malfunctioning.”
“I felt like a trophy child, someone he had around to show off. It felt like it was more important that his daughter was perfectbut, I was his daughter and I was neither of those things. I worked ha...”
“Who is the daughter of God?”
“Be a hard worker. Work and happiness are like mother and daughter. Work brings forth happiness. Hard work brings great happiness. Enjoy life.”
“Work and happiness are like mother and daughter; work brings forth happiness, but hard work brings forth great happiness!”
“If he could not restore her to the status of a respectable woman, then Sohrab would make her into something else entirely, something hitherto unknown in their entire extended family, an educated wo...”
“Angelina said, "Mom. I don't want you to die. That's the whole thing. You took from me the ability to care for you in your old age, and I wanted to be with you when you died, when you die. Mom. I w...”
