When I was 14, my mother died. My father, who had always had ulcers, came apart. He had a series of intestinal… — Bonnie Bedelia Copy Share Image
We stared at the odd garment and wondered what it was for. 'What is it?' asked Larry at length. 'It's a bathing… — Gerald Durrell Copy Share Image
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It is strange how few people make more than a casual cult of enjoying Nature. And yet the earth is actually and… — John Cowper Powys Copy Share Image
Writers write about what obsesses them. You draw those cards. I lost my mother when I was 14. My daughter died at… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
“Most of the time Marilyn's mother remained unconscious, her breath labored and erratic. One morning before dawn, she suddenly opened her eyes… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
As a small girl I enjoyed singing with my mother's brother. He taught me all kinds of melodies and I sang the… — Mirella Freni Copy Share Image
My mother loaned me $1000. The first issue came out at the end of 1953. I knew I needed something original. I… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
Once I graduated college, I did a couple of different sort of unique internship positions, if you will. I spent three months… — Stephanie McMahon Copy Share Image
I am truly multi-racial. I never knew my biological father. I've always had less information than I would have liked to have… — Vin Diesel Copy Share Image
Happy season of childhood! Kind Nature, that art to all a bountiful mother; that visitest the poor man's hut With auroral radiance;… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
“I heard in my own voice the tulmult of a young man playig a role, uneasily, repackaging black R&B music from America,… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
Deep down, I'm a Texas girl looking for that big romance every girl dreams about. Biologically, I look forward to being a… — Renee Zellweger Copy Share Image
My hope is that 'Beyond the Heavens' will encourage people to explore faith, open their mind and go beyond what they think… — Corbin Bernsen Copy Share Image
“Different prayers and formulas are good and beautiful, but the essential thing . . . is the simple relationship of a child… — St. Maximilian Kolbe Copy Share Image
The praise that comes of love does not make us vain, but humble rather. Knowing what we are, the pride that shines… — James M. Barrie Copy Share Image
Over 18 years of us solving problems together, my daughter has shown me that she's got a good head on her shoulders,… — Ross W. Greene Copy Share Image
We may be proud that England is the ancient country of Parliaments. With scarcely any intervening period, Parliaments have met constantly for… — John Bright Copy Share Image
It's also hard for me to understand growing up not knowing where I came from. I searched for my parents - I… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
My mother's brother became the undersecretary of the interior for Nixon, which did cause a little drama in my family because I… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I had a Commodore, and then I remember getting a Nintendo for Christmas and it being a total game-changer. And the hours… — Lee Pace Copy Share Image
If you go with what Hillary [Clinton] is saying, in the ninth month, you can take the baby and rip the baby… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
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In our country we call this type of mother love teng ai. My son has told me that in men's writing it… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
“Oh, to be the spitting image of her father, or a younger version of her mother. She longed to carry those pieces… — Molly Collier Copy Share Image
My mother really held the family together. She was a perfect example of the kind of black woman I would love to… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
In brief, when a man fails as a wallet, we put him in prison; when a woman fails as a mother, we… — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people, but particularly a lot of women, get to this stage when I'd say they're over 50.… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
My mother and I were on welfare and food stamps until I was 18, so I've always had this ethos of, like,… — Moby Copy Share Image
There are new studies showing that young men and men with more progressive views of what a father should be - which… — Brigid Schulte Copy Share Image
She would have colored gracefully with embarrassment had she not possessed the complexion of one of those “heathen Italians,” as her mother… — Gail Carriger Copy Share Image
I think if my daughter was interested in acting, I would find ways for her to act in theater that has to… — Helen Hunt Copy Share Image
I spend a lot of time just listening to the ospreys. I watch them go through their life cycle. They spend the… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
Freud, Sigmund: A man so dissatisfied with his own mother and father that he devoted his life to convincing everyone who would… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
In the '50s you had to wear pink ribbons if you were a girl, and you were supposed to become a hairdresser… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Verily has man freewill to control his actions. That my Father-Mother has given to man as his inheritance. But the control of… — Walter Russell Copy Share Image
Non-Indian writers usually say "Great Spirit," "Mother Earth," "Two-Legged, Four-Legged, and Winged." Mixed-blood writers usually say "Creator, "Mother Earth," "Two-Legged, Four- Legged,… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Our mother's first gift to us comes at the moment we are born, because Mom, as she will subsequently remind us over… — Linda Sunshine Copy Share Image
About the time I turned 50, I experienced the profound biological change that often accompanies women at that age. Also, I put… — Jane Pauley Copy Share Image
“I've been talking to myself a lot lately. I don't know what that's about, but my mother was the same way. She… — Dan Chaon Copy Share Image