“No man complains of his neighbor for ill management of his affairs, for an error in sowing his land, or marrying his daughter, for consuming his substance in taverns ... in all these he has liberty; but if he does not frequent the church, or then conform in ceremonies, there is an immediate uproar.” IfsMenDoeChurchLibertyLandDaughterManagementErrorsAffairIllPositive AtheismNeighborComplainingSubstanceConformCeremonyConsumingMarryingSowingTaverns Author:Thomas Jefferson
“Up rose the wild old winter-king, And shook his beard of snow; "I hear the first young hard-bell ring, 'Tis time for me to go! Northward o'er the icy rocks, Northward o'er the sea, My daughter comes with sunny locks: This land's too warm for me!” FirstsHardYoungSeaLandRocksKingsDaughterRoseWinterWarmRingsSnowMy DaughterBellsLocksBeardSunnyIcy Author:Charles Godfrey Leland
“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
“It is cruel for you to leave your daughter, so full of hope and resolve, to suffer the humiliations of disfranchisement she already feels so keenly, and which she will find more and more galling as she grows into the stronger and grander woman she is sure to be. If it were your son who for any cause was denied his right to have his opinion counted, you would compass sea and land to lift the ban from him.” IfsFeelsSufferingGrowsCausesOpinionSeaLandSonDaughterStrongerLiftsResolveDeniedHumiliationCompassBansOur DaughterYour DaughterYour Son Book:Failure Is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words Source: Failure Is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words
“Operation Peter Pan spanned from 1960-62 whereby over 14,000 children were sent away from their families in Cuba, some never to reunite again. Pan Am flights took the children to Miami FL, 'Never-Never Land', and the children became known as the 'Peter Pans.' I wrote this song for my daughter, and it is sung for all the daughters and mothers, fathers and brothers who felt this pain of separation all because of governments and their politics.” ChildrenGovernmentPainMotherSongFatherFeltKnownLandBrotherDaughterSeparationFlightOperationsMy DaughterPeter1960sCubaMiamiMother And DaughterFather And BrotherNever Never LandPain Of Separation Author:Tori Amos
“Tonight, the daughter of an immigrant from Italy has been chosen to run for vice president in the new land my father came to love.” Has BeensRunningFatherPresidentLandDaughterVicesChosenTonightImmigrantsVice President Author:Geraldine Ferraro
“I wish to see the sons and daughters of the world in Peace and busily employed in the more agreeable amusement of fulfilling the first and great commandment, Increase and Multiply : as an encouragement to which we have opened the fertile plains of the Ohio to the poor, the needy and the oppressed of the Earth; any one therefore who is heavy laden, or who wants land to cultivate, may repair thither and abound, as in the Land of promise, with milk and honey: the ways are preparing, and the roads will be made easy, thro' the channels of Potomac and James river.” WorldWayWantFirstsMayMadeEarthWishEasyPoorLandSonPromiseDaughterRiversIncreaseEncouragementHeavyHoneyMilkCommandmentsOppressedFulfillingPreparingEmployedAmusementNeedyOhioFertileSon And DaughterMilk And Honey Author:George Washington
“... our government is heading in the direction of violent revenge, with the prospect of sons, daughters, parents, friends in distant lands dying, suffering, and nursing further grievances against us. It is not the way to go. It will not avenge our son's death. Not in our son's name.” WayGovernmentSufferingNamesParentLandDyingSonDaughterRevengeViolentNursingHeadingsGrievance Author:Orlando Rodriguez