Part of the reason [motherly advice] bugs us as daughters is because our mothers are so powerful in our lives. They loom like giants. The reason mothers keep at it is because they're so powerless. They cannot get you to do what is so obvious to them you should do.

  • -- Deborah Tannen 德博拉·坦嫩

作为女儿,(母亲的建议)让我们烦恼的部分原因是,我们的母亲在我们的生活中是如此强大。他们像巨人一样隐现。母亲们坚持这样做的原因是因为她们无能为力。他们无法让你去做你应该做的事情。