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“I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.”

Book:The standard edition of the complete psychological works of Sigmund Freud

Source: The standard edition of the complete psychological works of Sigmund Freud

“in the comparatively short time between my childhood and my daughter's, the business society has ceased urging people to produce and is now exerting its very considerable influence to get them to consume.”

People Influence Childhood Produce Daughter My Daughter Consumerism Short Time

Book:The Folks at Home

Source: The Folks at Home

“a daughter's love for a kind father ... is mixed with the careless happiness of childhood, which can never come again. Into the father's grave the daughter, sometimes a gray-haired woman, lays away forever the little pet names and memories which to all the rest of the world are but foolishness.”

World Kind Littles Sometimes Father Names Memories Forever Childhood Daughter Lays Graves Pet Gray Foolishness Careless Pet Names

Book:Anne: A Novel

Source: Anne: A Novel

“Thou hast her, France; let her be thine, for we Have no such daughter, nor shall ever see That face of hers again. Therefore be gone Without our grace, our love, our benison.”

Faces Gone Grace Childhood Daughter France Our Love

Book:King Lear

Source: King Lear

“... the physical and domestic education of daughters should occupy the principal attention of mothers, in childhood: and the stimulation of the intellect should be very much reduced.”

Should Mother Attention Education Childhood Daughter Intellect Motherhood Principal Mother Daughter Stimulation

Book:A Treatise on Domestic Economy: For the Use of Young Ladies at Home, and at School

Source: A Treatise on Domestic Economy: For the Use of Young Ladies at Home, and at School

“We already had an adopted daughter, 10-year-old Courtney, from my previous marriage. To me, there is no difference between 'natural' and 'adopted.' My own childhood showed me that when it comes to loving your kids, concepts like that don't apply. I was the oldest of six, and three of my siblings were adopted. Mom and Dad even took in foster children. 'There are no limits to how much you can love,' Dad always said.”

Years Children Said Kids Three Natural Differences My Own Childhood Mom Dad Limits Six Daughter Concepts Adopted Sibling Loving You Foster Children Mom And Dad My Siblings Courtney Dad Love

Author:Al Roker

“I don't think my father noticed that he had daughters. I think, you know, part of the damage of the childhood was, I simply don't think they were acknowledged as human beings at all. Or - you know, one of the reasons I became a cook later on in my life was, I was not allowed to cook an egg.”

Thinking Knows Humans Reason Father Human Beings Childhood Daughter Cooks Damage Eggs

Author:Terry Gross

“My daughter is seven, and some of the other second-grade parents complain that their children don't read for pleasure. When I visit their homes, the children's rooms are crammed with expensive books, but the parent's rooms are empty. Those children do not see their parents reading, as I did every day of my childhood. By contrast, when I walk into an apartment with books on the shelves, books on the bedside tables, books on the floor, and books on the toilet tank, then I know what I would see if I opened the door that says 'PRIVATE--GROWNUPS KEEP OUT': a child sprawled on the bed, reading.”

“To value only what can be "sold" is to defile what is truly precious. The innocent joy of childhood, the devotedness of a wife, the self sacrificing service of a daughter--none of these have an earthly market. To reduce everything to the dirty scales of economic values is to forget that some gifts, like Mary's, are so precious that the heart that offers them will be praised as long as time endures.”

Heart Long Self Joy Values Forget Wife Sacrifice Economic Childhood Offers Daughter Endure Scales Innocent Dirty Mary Priceless Economic Value Joys Of Childhood

Author:Fulton J. Sheen

“We hug, but there are no tears. For every awful thing that's been said and done, she is my sister. Parents die, daughters grow up and marry out, but sisters are for life. She is the only person left in the world who shares my memories of our childhood, our parents, our Shanghai, our struggles, our sorrows, and, yes, even our moments of happiness and triumph. My sister is the one person who truly knows me, as I know her. The last thing May says to me is 'When our hair is white, we'll still have our sister love.”

Source: Shanghai Girls and Dreams of Joy: Two Bestselling Novels

“I envy my daughter's childhood.”

Mother Childhood Daughter Envy My Daughter

Author:Rene Russo

“It was no great tragedy being Judy Garland's daughter. I had tremendously interesting childhood years - except they had little to do with being a child.”

Years Children Littles Mother Interesting Childhood Daughter Tragedy Complaining Complaints Garlands Great Tragedy

Author:Liza Minnelli

“I've lived a fast-paced life, but I had the best childhood. I didn't miss out on anything by having my daughter at a young age.”

Age Young Mother Childhood Missing Daughter My Daughter Young Age Fast Paced

Author:Keisha Castle-Hughes