Famous quotes containing the words tension and/or face:
“The tension to mother the right way can leave a peculiar silence within mother daughter relationshipsthe silence of a mothers own truth and experience. Within this silence, a daughters authentic voice can also fall silent. This is the silence of perfection. This silence of perfection prevents mothers from listening and learning from their daughters.”
—Elizabeth Debold (20th century)
“For my enemy is dead, a man divine as myself is dead,
I look where he lies white-faced and still in the
coffinI draw near,
Bend down and touch lightly with my lips the white face in the
coffin.”
—Walt Whitman (18191892)
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