There is a bond, it appears, ...

There is a bond, it appears, between mother and child which endures as long as they do. It is independent of love; reason cannot weaken it; hate cannot destroy it.
There is a bond, it appears, between mother and child which endures as long as they do. It is independent of love; reason cannot weaken it; hate cannot destroy it.
 Margaret Deland

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Sylvia Plath. Interesting poetess whose tragic suicide was misinterpreted as romantic by the college-girl mentality.
I think there was the studio mentality for a long time that women and girls can relate to a male hero, but boys and men can't relate to a female hero.
 Jennifer Lawrence
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
 Harriet Tubman
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
 William Ellery Channing
You must do the things you think you cannot do.

Quotes from the same author

What I object to in Mother is that she wants me to think her thoughts. Apart from the question of hypocrisy, I prefer my own.
 Margaret Deland
A pint can't hold a quart - if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected of it.
 Margaret Deland
One must desire something to be alive; perhaps absolute satisfaction is only another name for Death.
 Margaret Deland
Absurdity is the one thing love can't stand; it can overlook anything else, -- coldness, or weakness, or viciousness, -- but just be ridiculous and that's the end of it!
 Margaret Deland
When it comes to bombshells, there are few that can be more effective than that small, flat, frail thing, a letter.
 Margaret Deland