Hindered characters / seldom ...

Hindered characters / seldom have mothers / in Irish stories, but they all have grandmothers.
 Marianne Moore

Quotes from the same author

What is there in being able to say that one has dominated the stream in an attitude of self-defense; in proving that one has had the experience of carrying a stick?
 Marianne Moore
The heart that gives, gathers.
 Marianne Moore
Omissions are not accidents.
 Marianne Moore
the small tuft of fronds or katydid legs above each eye, still numbering the units in each group; the shadbones regularly set about the mouth, to droop or rise
 Marianne Moore
When one is frank, one's very presence is a compliment.
 Marianne Moore