“Ah, Aphrodite, if I sing no moreTo thee, God's daughter, powerful as God,It is that thou hast made my life too sweetTo hold the added sweetness of a song.There is a quiet at the heart of love,And I have pierced the pain and come to peace.” IfsHeartMadePainSongPowerfulQuietDaughterTheeSweetnessAphrodite Book:Helen of Troy, and Other Poems Source: Helen of Troy, and Other Poems
“Happy is it to place a daughter; yet it pains a father's heart when he delivers to another's house a child, the object of his tender care.” HeartChildrenCarePainFatherHouseObjectsDaughter Book:The Plays of Euripides Source: The Plays of Euripides
“I wasn't very good about the pain. I started screaming for painkillers after the third contraction and didn't stop until my daughter was eating solid food.” PainEatingDaughterThirdsVery GoodMy DaughterChildbirthContractionsPainkillers Author:Linda Sunshine
“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