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Daughters

The woman who bore me is no longer alive, but I seem to be her daughter in increasingly profound ways. – Johnnetta Betsch Cole

Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. – Russian Proverb

As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. – Solomon Ibn Gabirol

A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again. – Enid Bagnold

A busy mother makes slothful daughters. – Portuguese Proverb

Daughters are like flowers, they fill the world with beauty, and sometimes attract pests. – Author Unknown

Every mother hopes that her daughter will marry a better man than she did, and is convinced that her son will never find a wife as good as his father did. – Martin Andersen-Nexö