Tuppence was what my grandmother nicknamed my mother, so she gave it to me. My sister is called Angel, and my brother… — Tuppence Middleton Copy Share Image
Could you have seen that mother clinging to her child, when they fastened the irons upon his wrists; could you have heard… — Harriet Ann Jacobs Copy Share Image
Hollis " I said "you're messing with me right now aren't you You're in Paris or somewhere and just-" "What " he… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
What-what do you want?" Annabeth asked, trying to maintain a tone of confidence. The voice cackled maliciously. 'To curse you, of course!… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
All of us have a responsibility to work for the day when the mothers of Israelis and Palestinians can see their children… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My mother's sister married a man from Barbados, and my cousins were raised in Barbados. So we traveled down there, they came… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
“And that’s where the whole trouble is,” thought Francie. “We’re too much alike to understand each other because we don’t even understand… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
I was exposed to nature by my mother who loved camping, so I always enjoyed the outdoors and that has been a… — Paul Walker Copy Share Image
“The air in my home is heavy with my mom's unhappiness. And her exhaustion. And her sheer dissatisfaction with her life. And… — Laura Buzo Copy Share Image
Women becoming, consequently, weakerthan they ought to behave not sufficient strength to discharge the first duty of a mother; and sacrificing to… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
When you've got a mother who's given birth to eight children, you know, often without any kind of medical intervention - just… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
My father said once that if I didn't have my mother's ginger hair, I wouldn't blush or curse as easily. Which I… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
I'm convinced that most men don't know what they believe, rather, they only know what they wish to believe. How many people… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“I remember holding my son, and looking over at my own mother and saying, “Now I understand why the sun comes up… — Stephen Adly Guirgis Copy Share Image
When I was born, my parents and my mother's parents planted a dogwood tree in the side yard of the large white… — John Updike Copy Share Image
My Mother is Swedish and my Father is Scottish, he played for Charlton in the 1960's and was in the Army, he… — Richard Gough Copy Share Image
“Mother! Katie remembered. She had called her own mother "mama" until the day she had told her that she was going to… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
I miss my father. I miss my grandfather. I miss my home. And I miss my mother. But the thing is, for… — Gayle Forman Copy Share Image
I once picked up a woman from a garbage dump and she was burning with fever; she was in her last days… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
“I am glad to recollect that when the carrier's cart was at the gate, and my mother stood there kissing me, a… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
My daughter Gabby very kindly once said that she thinks I was a better mother because I was doing a job I… — Donna Karan Copy Share Image
“Moonless nights haunt me. They evoke my once carefree life when I dreamed without doubt to what my future could be. I… — H.S. Crow Copy Share Image
Although people have different perceptions, I personally define myself as a mother. My life has been revolving around children since a young… — Reham Khan Copy Share Image
Just as a mother would protect with her life her own son, her only son, so one should cultivate an unbounded mind… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
We took the traditional lands and smashed the traditional way of life. We brought the disasters. The alcohol. We committed the murders.… — Paul Keating Copy Share Image
But whatever the era, whatever the times, one thing will never change: Fathers and mothers, if you have children, they must come… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
Give me the life of the boy whose mother is nurse, seamstress, washerwoman, cook, teacher, angel, and saint, all in one, and… — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
“I loved her for the way she loved me. I loved her for the way she loved her girls. I loved her… — Beth Ehemann Copy Share Image
My mission is to communicate, to wake people up, to give them my energy and accept theirs. We're all in it together,… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
“I'm very glad my mother left my father, of course, but as I got older it did get harder to valorize that… — Gwendoline Riley Copy Share Image
A foul-mouthed oaf, a drunken laborer lying in a drain, a beaten wife with blackened eyes and torn clothes, cannot be made… — Joyce Cary Copy Share Image
I had to make a major decision with myself because I just don't think you can do both: try to have a… — Betty White Copy Share Image
In Afghanistan, U.S. troops are now holding an American man who has been fighting alongside the Taliban. His mother says he was… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Sexual desire declines after four to seven years. That's been proven.Because it's the most compatible with our spiritual origins. Father, mother, small… — Volkmar Sigusch Copy Share Image
I think that indigenous women's wisdom is crucial. So much of the care of the Earth has come from the mothers. I… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
That's my achievement actually - when a mother says that she didn't marry off her 14-year-old daughter because of me, or when… — Sanam Saeed Copy Share Image
Thanks to the scientific method, most people in "developed" countries have an outlook of mild deism. We assume things like weather and… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
“When she was six, she and her mother had been shopping for groceries when they’d been hit by a drunk driver. It… — Sharon Sala Copy Share Image
“My mother always pouted that it was actually her paintings and not her charm, her beauty or her sass that made him… — Tammara Webber Copy Share Image
I get a lot of emotion from my family and my friends. I think it's just communicated in a different way. When… — Jon M. Chu Copy Share Image
