#aught

De pronto la miro y ya no está. Vuelvo a mirarla, la define su ausencia. Ha ido a unirse a lago que le da fuerza y no sé lo que es. No puedo seguirla, no entiendo hacia qué espacio invisible se ha dirigido, qué aire inefable la resguarda y la aísla; desde luego ya no está en el mundo y por más que manoteo no me ve, permanece siempre fuera de mi alcance. Sé que mi amor la sustenta, claro, pero su ausencia es sólo suya y en ella no tengo cabida. ↗

— Elena Poniatowska

#fragility #love #mother-daughter-relationship #relación-madre-e-hija #vínculos

Fathers never have exactly the daughters they want because they invent a notion a them that the daughters have to conform to. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#daughters #expectations #fathers #ideals #perception

All the energy of their frustration and fear going into their laughter. ↗

— Hubert Selby Jr.

#frustration #laughter #dreams

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 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

I hate being clean-shaven. My daughter gets very upset if I shave and says, 'Bring back the spikes, Dad.' ↗

— Eric Bana

#being #bring #dad #daughter #gets

I caught a lot of flak for being a young mama. ↗

— Fantasia Barrino

#caught #flak #i #lot #mama