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And you can see our wit, our wisdom, our capacity for life nowhere better than in these great quotations. 365 of them, split into months and days to live your life by.
Inspirational quotes, motivational quotations, mother and daughter quotes, relationships, divorce, men, children; the power of women is served up in these life changing quotations. Racism, freedom, relationships, sex, family, mother daughter relationships and much, much more is covered in the pages of this gem.
The first half of this inspirational book deals with family, with relationships, with mothers and their feelings.
Agatha Christie on being a mother: “A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity. It dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path. “
Jodi Picoult about her mother: “My mother... she is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her.”
JK Rowling on the love of a mother: “Love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves its own mark … to have been loved so deeply ... will give us some protection forever.”
How about Florida Scott –Maxwell: “No matter how old a mother is, she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement.”
Or Phyllis Diller:" We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up."
The next 6 months gives you quotes from some of the greatest women that have ever lived. The great poet and advocate of women, Maya Angelou; the wonderful Germaine Greer, Susan B Anthony, Eleanor Roosevelt, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Helen Keller and Rosa Parks. There’s a mini biography to go with each one just in case you know nothing about them. Hang your head in shame! My thanks to Wikipedia for the mini biographies.
Love quotes from Helen Keller: “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.”
Inspirational quotes from Harriet Beecher Stowe;” The longest day must have its close - the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning.”
Funny quotes from Eleanor Roosevelt:” I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.”
Quotes about life from Maya Angelou; “I’ve learned that making a ‘living’ is not the same thing as ‘making a life’” and from Rosa Parks: “. Each person must live their life as a model for others.”
And on sex and love from Germaine Greer: “I have always been principally interested in men for sex. I've always thought any sane woman would be a lover of women because loving men is such a mess. I have always wished I'd fall in love with a woman. Damn.”
These only scratch the surface of the wisdom of women.365 great quotes to live your life by. Writers, artists, business women; women from all creeds, centuries and societies have their say.
Oh, there is the occasional quote from a man but don’t let that put you off. We do need them sometimes, after all!
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About the author
Emma is a writer,teacher, mother and wife. The wisdom of others fascinates her,especially the wisdom of other women. Here it's the relationship of mothers and daughters which are most fascinating.
