#the

This girl. This baby girl is my life. Her mother is my life. These girls are both my life. ↗

Everyone confesses that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us; but most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do. ↗

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

#body #brings #circumstances #confesses #does

The greatest thing a father can do for his daughter is to love her mother. ↗

— Elaine S. Dalton

#love #love

Theologians and other clerks, You won't understand this book, -- However bright your wits -- If you do not meet it humbly, And in this way, Love and Faith Make you surmount Reason, for They are the protectors of Reason's house. ↗

— Marguerite Porete

#feminism #interpretation #medieval #mystic #religion

My mother's life was way too heavy for me. ↗

— Sue Monk Kidd

#life

And his unkindness may defeat my life, But never taint my love. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#life

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

— Kristen Simmons

#mothers-love #life

Nobody wants to be nothing. But that's the greatest thing in the world to be. ↗