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“He lifts her white cotton skirt, revealing another hour. His hand. His hands. The syllables inside them. O father, O foreshadow, press… — Ocean Vuong Copy Share Image
I spent a lot of time reading blogs by mothers who had children with varying degrees of neural dysfunction, from schizophrenia to… — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
When I'm on that field, I give it everything I have, and when I come off, I'm a mom. As tired and… — Christie Rampone Copy Share Image
I am pregnant with a dream that is pushing to come out of the dark womb that hold it. Right in the… — Trinity Chasara Copy Share Image
I did research when I was pregnant with my first daughter and was horrified by the chemicals in products, even those meant… — Jessica Alba Copy Share Image
My parents, grandmother and brother were teachers. My mother taught Latin and French and was the school librarian. My father taught geography… — Sam Abell Copy Share Image
Every woman needs secrets,' her mother said with a smile then, her eyes meeting Sally's in the rearview mirror. 'Remember that when… — J. Courtney Sullivan Copy Share Image
The minute my child was born, I was reborn as a feminist. It's so incredible what women can do... birthing naturally, as… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
I'll never forget when I was running, when I was knocking on doors for my first office as I served as a… — Nina Turner Copy Share Image
Wherever wolves run free, indigenous cultures have revered them as symbols of loyalty, free will, fearlessness and unity. But wolves haven't had… — Zoe Helene Copy Share Image
My family tried to educate me in the way they thought a young woman should be. But I wanted to learn about… — Florence Nightingale Copy Share Image
“China. She will return, standing tall and straight, the milk burned out of her. She will look down on the circle of… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
At her birthday, my seven-year-old daughter will say that she wants these big cakes and certain expensive toys as presents, and I… — Goran Ivanisevic Copy Share Image
The Son of God did not want to be seen and found in heaven. Therefore he descended from heaven into this humility… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“That is just what baby did not know, and in spite of the kiss, he made up his mind to cry. It… — Pansy Copy Share Image
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The children of America are not rebelling for no reason. They are not hippies for no reason at all. We don’t have… — Eartha Kitt Copy Share Image
True love in Mexico isn't between lovers; it's between a parent and a child. Mexico is a very intense culture of sons… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I've raised my children to respect that flag, to stand, to put their hand across their heart and to recognize those sacrifices… — Kim Reynolds Copy Share Image
When the mother herself kills her son she goes against her own nature, against her own instinct. People talk about 'choice', but… — Jim Caviezel Copy Share Image
The clocks were striking midnight and the rooms were very still as a figure glided quietly from bed to bed, smoothing a… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
When you're interviewing someone, even your mother - you have to sort of deal with you have to get some objective space… — James McBride Copy Share Image
People around me die. They drop like flies. I've gone through life leaving a trail of dead bodies behind me. My mother… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
“I’m probably going to be crazy for the rest of my life, thanks to her. I’m going to keep making fucked-up decisions… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
I am lucky to have three daughters who are completely different. I look at my daughters and I have different relationships with… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Ramakrishna didn't suddenly become enlightened. We had years of him meditating, seeking, crying to Mother Kali, going in and out of samadhi;… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I'd like to see mothers at home be more assertive, be unapologetic, give themselves permission, and to stand up for themselves as… — Jo Frost Copy Share Image
In our own beginnings, we are formed out of the body's interior landscape. For a short while, our mothers' bodies are the… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
“When I was a child, my mother would try to convince me of a woman's need for a secret stash. "It can… — Zinzi Clemmons Copy Share Image
“I turned to look at my quiet, bookish mother, a woman I had honestly never seen swat a fly. “I’m sorry, but… — Rachel Hawkins Copy Share Image
I was lucky in that I had a mother that was full of this colloquial wisdom and she used to say to… — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
If your mother did not know how to love herself, or your father did not know how to love himself, then it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I became a mother, I was trying so hard, using reusable diapers, washing them, looking for organic supplies even though it's… — Severn Cullis-Suzuki Copy Share Image
I had always thought of myself as fairly tough and fairly strong and fairly able to cope with anything. And then I… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
I've always liked older women. One sad thing about being my age is that there are no older women. I used to… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
I have always been surrounded by women with strong personality and feminine: my mother, my sister, my aunts, my friends. I am… — Jeanne Damas Copy Share Image
You have to convince the adults that if a child is to learn his culture, he or she will have to see… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
Pregnant and birthing mothers are elemental forces, in the same sense that gravity, thunderstorms, earthquakes, and hurricanes are elemental forces. In order… — Ina May Gaskin Copy Share Image
I think of myself as a fairly logical, scientific and somewhat reserved person. Maura Isles, the Boston medical examiner who appears in… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
