Erica Jong - My mother wanted me to be her wings, to fly as she never quite had the courage to do. I love her for that. I love the fact that she wanted to give birth to her own wings.

Amy Harmon - I would remember how I had wanted her and hated her and wished she would leave me alone and never let me go. And I would miss her.

THE MIZ - I will let my daughter do whatever her heart wants. I will support her and guide her and give her all the knowledge that I have because I want her to succeed in whatever she loves.

Mark Anthony - And one day she discovered that she was fierce, and strong, and full of fire, and that not even she could hold herself back because her passion burned brighter than her fears.

Toni Morrison - She is a friend of my mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order.

Jimmy Carter - I'll never tell a lie. I'll never make a misleading statement. I'll never betray the confidence that any of you had in me. And I'll never avoid a controversial issue.

Helen Claes - What I wanted most for my daughter was that she be able to soar confidently in her own sky, whatever that may be.

Logic - I grew up on Section 8 housing, food stamps, welfare, and dealing with social services. I never had a Christmas. I never had a birthday.

Hope Hicks - There is no substitute for hard work. Never give up. Never stop believing. Never stop fighting.

Guy Johnson - My mother asked me what I wanted for my birthday, so I said I wanted to read poetry with her.

Kate Spade - She makes the day brighter. She leaves a little sparkle wherever she goes.

Sophie Tucker - From birth to age eighteen, a girl needs good parents. From eighteen to thirty-five, she needs good looks. From thirty-five to fifty-five, she needs a good personality. From fifty-five

Susie Bright - I had no idea that mothering my own child would be so healing to my own sadness from my childhood.

Jacqueline Middleton, Until the Last Star Fades - She’s my best friend — she’s everything to me. It’s always just been me and her against the world.

Gloria Naylor - Old as she was, she still missed her Daddy sometimes.

Barbara Delinsky - Mother-daughter disagreements were, in hindsight, basically mother stating the truth and daughter taking her own sweet time coming around.