I had a very strict upbringing with my dad and was very close to my mum, who was extremely loving.
Tori AmosI have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always firmly closed.
Gertrude SteinThat is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.
Amos Bronson AlcottThis is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and keep modest as a giver.
Friedrich NietzscheSugar Ray Leonard was as close as anyone came after Ali to being Ali, but he wasn't Ali.
Dick Schaap