#aught

I said to my mother, Henry VII is interesting. No he's not, my mother said. ↗

— Hilary Mantel

#historical-fiction #history #mother-and-daughter #historical-fiction

Aw honey. Today's as important as forever." Grandpa Joe in "Shave and a Haircut" Flash Warden and Other Stories ↗

— Eileen Granfors

#family-relationships #flash-fiction #hint-fiction #six-word-memoirs #women

I got almost eighteen years with you. The best eighteen years of my life. ↗

— Kristen Simmons

#mothers-love #life

I love to live and I live to love. ↗

— Amy Winehouse

#my-daughter #love

Marianne had sharp, cold eyes and she was spiteful but her father loved her. ↗

— Angela Carter

#love

I get caught up in my bubble of reading, writing, or music. ↗

— Antonio Banderas

#caught #get #i #music #reading

I wouldn't want my daughters to date a guy like me. I was dangerous around women in my twenties. I'm terrified that they might end up with someone like me. ↗

— Antonio Banderas

#dangerous #date #daughters #end #guy

You're not supposed to laugh at your own father. Ever. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#parents #respect #respect

But really, it was reading that led me to writing. And in particular, reading the American classics like Twain who taught me at an early age that ordinary lives of ordinary people can be made into high art. ↗

— Russell Banks

#american #art #classics #early #early age

Daughter, we didn't need your note - or a prince's visit - to tell us you'd done nothing wrong. We know the daughter we raised. We fear for your future, but never for your character. You take our love and our trust wherever you wander. Father. ↗

— Gail Carson Levine

#fathers-and-daughters #love #trust #faith