“Spring, of all seasons most gratuitous, Is fold of untaught flower, is race of water, Is earth's most multiple, excited daughter; And those she has least use for see her best, Their paths grown craven and circuitous, Their visions mountain-clear, their needs immodest.” NeedsUseEarthWaterRaceVisionPathClearFlowerMountainSpringDaughterSeasonsExcitedMultipleFolds Book:The Less Deceived Source: The Less Deceived
“Some kind of clutter is difficult - letting go of things with sentimental value, sifting through papers - but some clutter I find very refreshing to clear. I drive my daughters nuts because I'm always wandering into their rooms to clear clutter.” KindValuesDifficultRoomsClearLetting GoPaperDaughterWanderMy DaughterNutsSentimentalPapersClutterRefreshingAuthentic HappinessSiftingSentimental Value Author:Gretchen Rubin
“It's going to become clear that the impact of our policies rather than our way of life is what's attracting animosity and warfare on us. And I think there is going to be a surge from the bottom up that will begin to straighten things out. Because Americans, in the long run, are not going to want their daughters and their sons to die overseas so the al Saud family can continue raping Saudi Arabia's revenue.” ThinkingWayWantLongRunningLife IsDiesClearPolicySonDaughterImpactBottomAlsLong RunsWarfareRevenueArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisAnimosity Author:Michael Scheuer
“My mother and I definitely got to a point where we had to have a real conversation and talk woman to woman, or daughter to mother, friend to friend - just off the record, clear the air and communicate. I didn't want to drive my mama crazy, but at the same time, I had to do, I had to learn, I had to grow and she understood that. She knows me better than anyone else on the planet so I tried to think about that.” ThinkingKnowsWantRealMotherGrowsClearRecordsAirCrazyPlanetsConversationDaughterUnderstoodCommunicateKnow MeMamaMother DaughterReal ConversationWoman To Woman Author:Queen Latifah
“It looks as though your shop is doing well," Luka said gazing around, "Could you help me find a gift for a lady friend of mine?" My heart plunged to my grenn satin slippers, and I had to stare down at Azarte for a minute, petting him hard. Naturally Luka had a "lady friend." She was probably nobly born: the daughter of a count or a duke. I imagined her having thick dark hair and clear skin, and was bitterly jealous. "Of course," I stammered after a time. "What would she like? A gown? A sash?" If she came in for a fitting, I decided to "accidentlly" poke her with every pin.” IfsWellsLooksHeartSaidHardHelpingCoursesBornDarkClearMinutesMinesHairMy HeartDaughterDecidedSkinsStaringShopsHelp MeJealousThickPinsFittingDukesGownsGazingPokeSlippersSatinDark Hair Author:Jessica Day George
“So this is what I will do. I will gather together my past and look. I will see a thing that has already happened. the pain that cut my spirit loose. I will hold that pain in my hand until it becomes hard and shiny, more clear. And then my fierceness can come back, my golden side, my black side. I will use this sharp pain to penetrate my daughter's tough skin and cut her tiger spirit loose. She will fight me, because this is the nature of two tigers. But I will win and giver her my spirit, because this is the way a mother loves her daughter.” WayLooksTwoHardUseHandsPainTogetherPastSpiritMotherFightingWinningSidesBlackClearCuttingHappenedDaughterToughSkinsGoldenMy DaughterTigersPenetrateGiverMy PastMother LoveFiercenessI Will WinTough Skin Book:The Joy Luck Club Source: The Joy Luck Club
“We are born haunted, he said, his voice weak, but still clear. Haunted by our fathers and mothers and daughters, and by people we don't remember. We are haunted by otherness, by the path not taken, by the life unlived. We are haunted by the changing winds and the ebbing tides of history. And even as our own flame burns brightest, we are haunted by the embers of the first dying fire. But mostly, said Lord Jim, we are haunted by ourselves.” PeopleFirstsSaidStillsRememberMotherFatherVoiceBornLordPathTakenClearFireDyingWindDaughterWeakFlamesTidesOur FatherMother And DaughterOthernessEmbers Book:West of Here Source: West of Here
“It's a wonder that any mother ever called a daughter Dinah again. But some did. Maybe you guessed that there was more to me than the voiceless cipher in the text. Maybe you heard it in the music of my name: the first vowel high and clear, as when a mother calls to her child at dusk; the second sound soft, for whispering secrets on pillows. Dee-nah.” FirstsChildrenMotherNamesSoundSecretWonderClearHeardDaughterPillowWhisperingDuskVoicelessVowelsCiphers Author:Anita Diament
“I told them," he said in a clear, carrying voice, "that they should not give someone as old and powerful as I a daughter to love. That it would end badly.” GivingShouldSaidEndsVoicePowerfulClearDaughter Book:Fair Game Source: Fair Game
“~I'm really clear about my priority in life - it's being a mom ... I love doing films, but I wouldn't like to do that more than I'd like to be my daughter's mother.~” FilmMotherClearMomDaughterParentingPrioritiesMy DaughterBeing A MomPriorities In Life Author:Teri Hatcher