"My mother wanted me to be her wings, to fly as she never quite had the courage to do. I love her for that. I love the fact that she wanted to give birth to her own wings."

-- Erica Jong

#Daughter Quotes #Mother Quotes #Wings Quotes

“The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes.”

Source : Thomas Hardy, Michael Millgate (1984). “The life and work of Thomas Hardy”
“He made me mess the song up when I looked at him... We can show the kids the tape and say, "Look, that's when we first laid eyes on each other.”

Source : "Whatever happened to Edie Brickell?". CNN, January 7, 2004.
“I often think that presentations are more difficult than the work itself.”
“How very beautiful and consoling our faith is! For the little work we do here on earth it promises in return all the joys of assured happiness.”
“My aim is to escape from the medium with which I work; to leave no residue of technical mannerisms to stand between my expression and the observer. To seek freedom through significant form and design rather than through the diversion of so-called free and accidental brush handling.”
“If the movie's well made and it's about things that count, people will ultimately see the depth in it.”
“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”
“My second husband believed I had such a fickle attitude to friendship that each Friday he would update the list of my 'Top Ten' friends in the manner of a Top Of The Pops chart countdown.”

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