I'd wrestled against the inner voice of my mother, the voice of caution, of duty, of fear of the unknown, the voice that said the world was dangerous and safety was always the first measure and that o...
We all have the best laid plans for our children, and they go and ruin it all by growing up any way they want to. What the hell was it all for, then? (Real Life and Liars)
But behind all your stories is always your mother's story, because hers is where yours begins.
And mother-like, Mrs. Jo forgot the threatened chastisement in tender lamentations over the happy scapegrace…
By noon, silence arrives one last time, flowing into every space of her room. And before long, silence swallows sound and color and seconds and equations and entire stanzas of old poetry, leaving new...
Since God had commanded it, it was necessary that I do it. Since God commanded it, even if I had a hundred fathers and mothers, even if I had been a King's daughter, I would have gone nevertheless.
…she rejoiced as only mothers can in the good fortunes of their children.
The best thing she was, was her children.
I think being a mother is the cruelest thing in the world.
I found out why cats drink out of the toilet. My mother told me it's because it's cold in there. And I'm like: How did my mother know that?
Grandchildren don't make a man feel old it's the knowledge that he's married to a grandmother.
God could not be everywhere, so he created mothers.
There is nothing as sincere as a mother's kiss.
He who loses his mother loses a pure soul who blesses and guards him constantly.
How much I love my mom cannot be measured in words, it's just too much and too hard to describe.
Mothers are only human, you turn it over to God and then you just wing it.
You are doing God's work. You are doing it wonderfully well. He is blessing you, and He will bless you, --even--no, -especially--when your days and your nights may be most challenging. Like the woman...
The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.
Motherhood can be seen as a political act. (...) when adressed, disconnections can become opportunities (...) Even when sons seem to be disinterested (...), a mother's efforts are extremely important....
In all ages woman has been the source of all that is pure, unselfish, and heroic in the spirit and life of man.....poetry and fiction are based upon woman's love, and the movements of history are main...
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