“Women not only get violated, but then we take on the struggle to end it too... As a man, how could the destruction of women be anything to you but devastating? Think about the fact that the women being hurt are your mothers, daughters, sisters.” ThinkingMenEndsFactsMotherHurtStruggleDaughterDestructionMother DaughterBeing Hurt Author:Eve Ensler
“Our mythology tells us so much about fathers and sons. ... What do we know about mothers and daughters? ... Our power is so oblique, so hidden, so ethereal a matter, that we rarely struggle with our daughters over actual kingdoms or corporate shares. On the other hand, our attractiveness dries as theirs blooms, our journey shortens just as theirs begins. We too must be afraid and awed and amazed that we cannot live forever and that our replacements are eager for their turn, indifferent to our wishes, ready to leave us behind.” KnowsMatterHandsMotherTurnsFatherWishBehindsStruggleForeverJourneyShareSonReadyDaughterMythologyKingdomsCorporateIndifferentAmazedLive ForeverMother And DaughterOur DaughterReplacementsFather And SonAttractivenessEtherealReady To Leave Author:Anne Roiphe
“My wife Cecily Adams was dying of cancer, my daughter Madeline was struggling to overcome an autism diagnosis, and my father was dying, all at the same time. Writing the journal was a cathartic experience, and an extremely positive one.” WritingFatherStruggleWifeDyingDaughterOvercomingCancerMy WifeMy DaughterAutismJournalDiagnosisCatharticMadeline Author:Jim Beaver
“I don't struggle to forgive people. I find it quite easy to forgive people for the harms that they have inflicted on me. What I do find challenging is to forgive people for the harms they inflict on my daughters and family. So, I find it challenging when I see somebody else experience hurt. I also look at my children and family and then I realize, I don't stand inside their skin and that is for me a forgiveness practice I still need to engage in.” PeopleNeedsLooksChildrenStillsEasyRealizingChallengesHurtPracticeStruggleDaughterSkinsForgivingHarmMy ChildrenMy Daughter Author:Desmond Tutu
“God...should never have been expelled from America's schools. As we struggle to teach our children...we dare not forget that our civilization was built by men and women who placed their faith in a loving God. If Congress can begin each day with a moment of prayer...so then can our sons and daughters.” IfsMenShouldChildrenHas BeensMomentsSchoolAmericaPrayerForgetTeachStruggleSonCivilizationDaughterMen And WomenBuiltOur ChildrenCongressDareEach DayLoving GodSon And Daughter Author:Ronald Reagan
“I think there can always be beauty in struggle. I mean, as far as childbirth, I had my son in the hospital, but then I had my daughter at home. There's no doubt that there's a struggling in birth, and a beauty and a horror and fear and joy too.” ThinkingMeanHomeJoyStruggleDoubtSonBirthHorrorDaughterNo DoubtMy DaughterMy SonHospitalsChildbirth Author:Patricia Arquette
“I knew she was a party girl. The book I liked most on her was called [princess] Margaret: A Life of Contrasts and getting to know her, it was how conflicted her position and her internal life - or self - was. She is so fiercely royal and so fiercely "sister of the queen" or "daughter of the king" because that is her identity and it's all she's ever known. And at the same time she is struggling to push the boundaries and to break away from it, to be different or to modernize the monarchy, to turn it on its head.” KnowsBookDifferentSelfTurnsGirlPartyKnownBreakStruggleIdentityPositionKingsDaughterBoundariesQueensInternalsPrincessContrastRoyalMonarchyParty Girl Author:Vanessa Kirby
“I struggle with staying clean every day, and what really keeps me from doing something stupid is my daughter.” StruggleStupidDaughterCleanStayingMy Daughter Author:Joshua Mohr
“I would say where I feel like I'm struggling the most in learning and giving myself permission to fail is in finding the balance in life. There are different aspects to women: there's the mother, there's the working woman, there's the wife, the friend, the sister, the daughter and so just figuring that all out. I continue to want to try new things and give myself permission to not be great at it.” WantGivingFeelsTryingDifferentMotherStruggleWifeFailingBalanceFindingsDaughterAspectNew ThingsPermissionLife BalanceWorking Women Author:Sara Blakely
“I was born in Tehran at a time when women's rights were deteriorating at a rampant rate. My parents didn't want to raise their daughter in a social, political, and religious climate that was growing increasingly oppressive toward women and girls, so they emigrated to London. But the struggle of the Iranian people was permanently etched in my social consciousness from a young age.” PeopleAgePoliticalGirlParentReligiousConsciousnessStruggleDaughterRateIranian Author:Nazanin Boniadi
“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.” KnowsWorldMayPersonsSaidStillsDoneMomentsLastsDiesLeftGrowsParentMemoriesWhiteStruggleGrowing UpShareChildhoodTearsHairSorrowDaughterAwfulTriumphMy SisterHugKnow MeSisterSaid And DoneShanghaiSister LoveMoments Of Happiness Book:Shanghai Girls and Dreams of Joy: Two Bestselling Novels Source: Shanghai Girls and Dreams of Joy: Two Bestselling Novels
“Many folks have asked me, 'How do you do it and why have you sacrificed so much to do this work?' The answer comes easy. I look at my daughter and find hope in that she is living in a world of struggle, of social and political movement. She and the other five-year-olds will grow up in a more just, more equitable world. She motivates me.” WorldYearsLooksPoliticalSocialGrowsEasyJusticeAnswersStruggleGrowing UpFiveMovementDaughterFolksFive YearsMy DaughterFive Year OldsEquitablePolitical Movements Author:Lateefah Simon
“I think it's important for kids to express themselves with bad fashion. I struggle a little bit now because I have a daughter and I feel with fashion, like they're sexualizing the kids so young. Little kids in high heels and that kind of thing is really difficult for me to wrap my head around.” ThinkingFeelsKindLittlesImportantKidsYoungMotherBitsDifficultStruggleFashionLittle BitDaughterHeelsLittle KidWrapsHigh Heels Author:Busy Philipps