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
What I object to in Mother is ...
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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
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
