“My mother was dead for five years before I knew that I had loved her very much.” YearsMotherFiveFive Years Author:Lillian Hellman
“my mother always found me out. Always. She's been dead for thirty-five years, but I have this feeling that even now she's watching.” YearsFeelingsMotherFoundFiveThirtyFive Years Author:Natalie Babbitt
“I started playing chess when I was five years old. I learned the moves from my mother, then worked with my father - and later trainers. My style became very technical. I sacrificed a lot of things. I was always hunting for the king, for the mate. I'd forget about my other pieces.” YearsMovingMotherFatherForgetFivePiecesStyleKingsChessFive YearsMatesHuntingTrainersFive Year OldsPlaying Chess Author:Garry Kasparov
“My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts; my father was an evangelist, a religious teacher. He and my mother traveled for thirty-five years to different parts of Igboland, spreading the gospel.” YearsDifferentMotherFatherParentReligiousChristianityFiveTeacherThirtyFive YearsTraveledNigeriaEvangelists Author:Chinua Achebe
“Four- and five-year-olds' play is permeated with the rankest sexism. No matter what their parents do and say, they play their momand pop roles in ultraconventional style. We've seen little girls whose mothers are doctors absolutely refuse to take the doctors' parts in their play, insisting that "only boys can be doctors," against all reason. Girls do more washing and drying of clothes, dishes, and babies than they've ever seen their own mothers do, and they turn their play husbands into TV-watching drones who do nothing but talk about money.” YearsChildrenLittlesMatterReasonPlayMotherTurnsGirlParentBoysRolesFiveFourStyleTvsBabyHusbandClothesDoctorsNo Matter WhatRefusePopsFive YearsSexismDishesWashingDronesFive Year OldsInsistingChildren Playing Author:Stella Chess