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i. unknown

[ "My mother is where it begins. / She and I are at war. / Our relation is hatred." ]

ii. Maia Baia

[ "Mother / Eat me and give birth to me again // This time around I'll make you proud" ]

iii. Ethel Cain, Family Tree

[ "I'm just a child but I'm not above violence / My mama raised me better than that" ]

iv. Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

[ "All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does, that is his." ]

v. @/honeytuesday

[ "mothers and daughters existing as wretched mirrors of each otehr: i am all you could have been and you are all i might be." ]

vi. Lorde, Writer in the Dark

[ "I am my mother's child, I'll love you 'til my breathing stops / I'll love you 'til you call the cops on me" ]

vii. Lidia Yuknavitch, Letter to My Rage: An Evolution