“The farmer's daughter hath soft brown hair And I met with a ballad, I can't say where, That wholly consisted of lines like these.” I CanLinesHairMetsDaughterBrownFarmersBalladsBrown Hair Author:Charles Stuart Calverley
“In marrying, a man does not, to be sure, marry his wife's mother; and yet a prudent man, when he begins to think of the daughter, would look sharp at the mother; ay, and back to the grandmother too, and along the whole female line of ancestry.” ThinkingMenLooksDoeWholeMotherLinesWifeDaughterFemaleGrandmotherAncestryPrudentMarrying Author:Maria Edgeworth
“I suppose all moms have an idea who they hope their daughters will be. Like a connect-the-dots picture where you think you know what shape it will become. But then it's the daughter who draws the lines, and she might connect the dots you didn't intend, making a whole different picture. So I've gotta trust the dots she's given me, and she's gotta trust me to draw the picture myself.” ThinkingKnowsIdeasDifferentWholeMightGivenLinesMomShapesDrawsDaughterTrust MeDotsYou Think You Know Author:Laura Lee
“A mother and daughter are an edge. Edges are ecotones, transitional zones, places of danger or opportunity. House-dwelling tension. When I stand on the edge of the land and sea, I feel this tension, this fluid line of transition. High tide. Low tide. It is the sea's reach and retreat that reminds me we have been human for only a very short time.” FeelsHumansHas BeensMotherOpportunityHouseLinesSeaLandDangerLowsDaughterEdgesTensionZoneTransitionTidesRetreatDwellingFluidShort TimeMother And DaughterLand And Sea Book:When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice Source: When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice
“[Amy Sedaris] is awesome to work with. She's an amazing person. She makes her own line of catnip toys, and she gave me a bunch for my cat. It meant the world to me. She also got me stuff for my daughter, but I was more enamored with what she gave me for my cat.” WorldPersonsStuffLinesDaughterCatBunchMy DaughterToysAmyEnamoredAmazing Person Author:David Krumholtz
“Poseidon grinned. "You're doing well with those new cabins, by the way. I suppose this means I can claim all those other sons and daughters of mine and send you some siblings next summer." "Ha-ha." Poseidon reeled in his empty line. I shifted my feet. "Um, you were kidding, right?" Poseidon gave me one of his inside-joke winks, and I still didn't know whether he was serious or not.” KnowsWayWellsMeanStillsI CanNextLinesFeetMinesSeriousSonSummerJokesDaughterEmptyClaimsSiblingCabinsSon And DaughterPoseidonInside Jokes Author:Rick Riordan
“There's something like a line of gold thread running through a man's words when he talks to his daughter, and gradually over the years it gets to be long enough for you to pick up in your hands and weave into a cloth that feels like love itself.” MenFeelsYearsLongEnoughHandsRunningFatherLinesDadPicksDaughterGoldMy DaughterThreadFatherhoodFathers DayFather SonMother And FatherLike LoveMother DaughterMother And DaughterYour DaughterYour DadBeing A FatherGreat FatherMom And DaughterHappy First Fathers DayDaughter To FatherFunny Fathers DayHappy Fathers Day GodFather MotherInspirational FatherFathers Day ImagesHappy Fathers Day GreetingsNew FatherFather Daughter LoveLove My DaughterFathers Day CardFatherhood InspirationalI Love My Daughter Book:Decorations in a Ruined Cemetery Source: Decorations in a Ruined Cemetery