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Daughter daughter whistle
And you shall have a sheep
(Unknown. Whistle, Daughter, Whistle (l. 17-18). . .
Oxford Book of English Traditional Verse, The. Frederick Woods, ed. (1983) Oxford University Press.)
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Oh my son's my son till he gets him a wife,
But my daughter's my daughter all her life.
(Dinah Maria Mulock Craik (1826-1887), British writer, poet. "Young and Old.")
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A son is a son till he gets him a wife,
But a daughter's a daughter the rest of your life.
(Unknown.)
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Oh my daughter,
My sweetheart, daughter of my late employer, princess,
May you not be long on the way!
(John Ashbery (b. 1927), U.S. poet, critic. "Thoughts of a Young Girl.")
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What the daughter does, the mother did.
(Jewish Proverb.)
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Evelyn Mulwray: She's my daughter.
J.J. Gittes: I said I want the truth!
Evelyn Mulwray: She's my sister. She's my daughter. My sister, my daughter.
J.J. Gittes: I said I want the truth!
Evelyn Mulwray: She's my sister and my daughter!
(Robert Towne (b. 1936), U.S. screenwriter. Evelyn Mulwray (Faye Dunaway), J.J. Gittes (Jack Nicholson), Chinatown, revealing the identity of Kathryn (Belinda Montgomery) (1974).
Gittes slaps Mulwray five times during this exchange.)
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"My daughter! O my ducats! O my daughter!
Fled with a Christian! O my Christian ducats!
Justice! the law! my ducats, and my daughter!"
(William Shakespeare (1564-1616), British dramatist, poet. Solanio, in The Merchant of Venice, act 2, sc. 8, l. 15-7.
Mockingly imitating Shylock's outcry on finding his daughter has stolen away with bags of ducats.)
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When a mother quarrels with a daughter, she has a double dose of unhappiness—hers from the conflict, and empathy with her daughter's from the conflict with her. Throughout her life a mother retains this special need to maintain a good relationship with her daughter.
(Terri Apter (20th century), British psychologist. Altered Loves, ch. 3 (1990).)
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