Guftagu #455

A daughter is a mother's gender partner, her closest ally in the family confederacy, an extension of her self. And mothers are their daughters' role model, their biological and emotional road map, the arbiter of all their relationships.

The more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life [ ] the stronger the daughter.

As mothers and daughters, we are connected with one another. My mother is the bones of my spine, keeping me straight and true. She is my blood, making sure it runs rich and strong. She is the beating of my heart. I cannot now imagine a life without her.

Mothers of daughters are daughters of mothers and have remained so, in circles joined to circles, since time began.

Mothers and daughters are closest, when daughters become mothers.

The mother-daughter relationship is the most complex.

A busy mother makes slothful daughters.