“Flora inherited, however, from her father a strong will and from her mother a slender ankle.”
“Betsy liked to talk. Her father always said she got it from her mother, and her mother always said she got it from her father. But whomever she got it from she was certainly a talker.”
“We've got Father and Mother, and each other," said Beth contentedly from her corner.”
“That innate love of melody, which she had inherited from her ballad-singing mother, gave the simplest music a power which could well-nigh drag her heart out of her bosom at times.”
“We do not inherit the Earth from our parents. We borrow her from our children.”
“The mother who understands her own intentions and her daughter’s intentions, who has introspection and a strong sense of self, and who is able to separate her identity from her daughter’s, has the key to achieving the right balance.”