“I have no fresh-from-the-oven mother-daughter recollections - only the daily creaking of cans being opened and the sucking sound of gelatinous vegetables splurting from their tin-encased vacuums. Her kitchen was filled with smoke and impatience. ... And so I grew up finding my own path, frying what could not be boiled, winging my way through life without recipes.” WayMotherSoundMy OwnPathGrewFindingsGrew UpDaughterFilledSmokeMy WayKitchenVegetablesRecipesImpatienceVacuumsRecollectionMother DaughterTinOvensFrying Author:Patricia J. Williams
“We have seen that though Cristna was said to have left many sons, he left his immense empire, which extended from the sources of the Indus to Cape Comorin, (for we find a Regio Pandionis near this point,) to his daughter Pandæa; but, from finding the icon of Buddha so constantly shaded with the nine Cobras, &c., I am induced to think that this Pandeism was a doctrine, which had been received both by Buddhists and Brahmins.” ThinkingSaidLeftSonSourceFindingsDaughterNineDoctrineBuddhistEmpiresImmenseIconsCapesCobrasBrahmins Book:Anacalypsis Source: Anacalypsis
“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
“Mrs. Loontwill did what any well-prepared mother would do upon finding her unmarried daughter in the arms of a gentleman werewolf: she had very decorous, and extremely loud, hysterics.” WellsMotherArmsFindingsDaughterPreparedLoudGentlemanWerewolfUnmarried Author:Gail Carriger
“You should have called us. Desmond would have picked you up.' 'No I wouldn't,' Valkyrie's dad said, stepping into earshot. 'Sorry, Fletcher, but I had important fatherly duties to take care of, which included eating breakfast, showering, and finding my trousers. Of those three, I only managed two. Without looking down, can you guess which one I missed?'... Fletcher smiled back. 'I just want to borrow Stephanie for a moment.' 'Take our daughter,' Valkryie's dad said, waving a hand airily. 'We have another one now.” WantShouldSaidTwoImportantMomentsHandsCareThreeDutyDadFindingsEatingDaughterShould HaveSorryTake CareBreakfastOur DaughterTrousersLooking DownEating Breakfast Author:Derek Landy