Younger Sons

Famous quotes containing the words younger and/or sons:

    As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied.
    Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

    It takes twenty or so years before a mother can know with any certainty how effective her theories have been—and even then there are surprises. The daily newspapers raise the most frightening questions of all for a mother of sons: Could my once sweet babes ever become violent men? Are my sons really who I think they are?
    Mary Kay Blakely (20th century)