“Take care that you never spell a word wrong. Always before you write a word, consider how it is spelled, and, if you do not remember, turn to a dictionary. It produces great praise to a lady to spell well. to his daughter Martha” IfsWritingWellsCareRememberTurnsProduceDaughterPraiseCaringTake CareSpellsDictionarySpelling Book:Jefferson: Political Writings Source: Jefferson: Political Writings
“Our mythology tells us so much about fathers and sons. ... What do we know about mothers and daughters? ... Our power is so oblique, so hidden, so ethereal a matter, that we rarely struggle with our daughters over actual kingdoms or corporate shares. On the other hand, our attractiveness dries as theirs blooms, our journey shortens just as theirs begins. We too must be afraid and awed and amazed that we cannot live forever and that our replacements are eager for their turn, indifferent to our wishes, ready to leave us behind.” KnowsMatterHandsMotherTurnsFatherWishBehindsStruggleForeverJourneyShareSonReadyDaughterMythologyKingdomsCorporateIndifferentAmazedLive ForeverMother And DaughterOur DaughterReplacementsFather And SonAttractivenessEtherealReady To Leave Author:Anne Roiphe
“After Memory Keepers Daughter, it took me a few months to shut out the world. I really had to turn off the Internet and sort of cloister myself away from the world again and sink into that psychic space to write again.” WorldWritingTurnsMemoriesSpaceMonthsInternetDaughterPsychicsKeepersTurn Off Author:Kim Edwards
“You're getting old when you see a girl who looks like someone you used to know, and it turns out to be her daughter.” KnowsLooksUsedTurnsGirlModernDaughterGetting OldModern Life Author:Mike Connolly