My mother wanted me to ...

My mother wanted me to understand that as a woman I could do pretty much whatever I wanted to, that I didn't have to use sex or sexuality to define myself.
 Suzanne Vega

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Mother my friends are no longer my friends And the games we once played have no meaning I've gone serious and shy and they can't figure why So they've left me to my own daydreaming.
 Suzanne Vega
It takes as much discipline to be a mother and a wife as it does to do anything else.
 Suzanne Vega