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“Step back in time; look closely at the child in the very arms of his mother; see the external world reflected for the first time in the yet unclear mirror of his understanding; study the first examples which strike his eyes; listen to the first words which arouse within him the slumbering power of thought; watch the first struggles which he has to undergo; only then will you comprehend the source of his prejudices, the habits, and the passions which are to rule his life. The entire man, so to speak, comes fully formed in the wrappings of his cradle.”

“Mothers and daughters are part of each other's consciousness, in different degrees and in a different way, but still with the mutual sense of something which has always been there. A real mother is just a habit of thought to her children.”

Way Children Stills Different Real Mother Consciousness Habit Degrees Daughter Different Ways Mutual Mother And Daughter

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Edith Wharton (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Edith Wharton (Illustrated)

“Our second mother, habit, is also a good mother.”

Mother Habit Good Mother

Book:On the Heights

Source: On the Heights

“Mothers have a habit of proving right except you don't find that out until you're the age your mother was when she gave you the advice.”

Age Mother Advice Habit Prove

Book:In Her Day

Source: In Her Day