“A girl is nothing to herself; only to her husband can she become something. What can she become? I asked. Why, she… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
That adolescent me, the girl who was, as I remember her, insecure, unsure, dreaming, yearning, longing, that girl who was hard on… — Norma Fox Mazer Copy Share Image
My father was a lorry driver, very rarely at home. The house was run by my mother, and because there were 10… — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Copy Share Image
Anyway everyboy (sorry) knows that what women have done that is really important is not to constitute a great, cheap labor force… — Joanna Russ Copy Share Image
“In the back of the fridge I checked out some stewed apples destined to fester. I examined them closely and reckoned they… — Helen Brown Copy Share Image
“A meta-analysis of sixty-six studies completed in 1992 found that mothers who have more support from grandmothers have less stress and more… — Bruce Feiler Copy Share Image
These concerns (for orphan children in India and elsewhere in the world) are very good, but often these same people are not… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
All that remains to the mother in modern consumer society is the role of scapegoat; psychoanalysis uses huge amounts of money and… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
It is true that in this culture, they throw you out when you get older. I see it all the time, especially… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
I urge all children to listen to their mothers and fathers. My mom was helping out some kids and she didn't want… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
“When death comes, she said, all that matters is this: to be next to one another. My mother was wearing a silk… — Hannah Tinti Copy Share Image
I know first-hand the challenges that come with being an on-the-go mom, and I am constantly looking for great products that fit… — Eva LaRue Copy Share Image
They may already know too much about their mother and father--nothing being more factual than divorce, where so much has to be… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
You know my mother during her lifetime was unable to set up a foundation for the arts. She always had that idea… — Albert II, Prince of Monaco Copy Share Image
In my life, it would probably be giving birth to my daughter. That probably is the most, the thing that moved me… — Julie Andrews Copy Share Image
When I hear that a project takes place out of town, the material better be terrific, and it has to come at… — Nicole Holofcener Copy Share Image
I heard these stories [about musicians from my mother] and somehow music, it was my understanding what my father had done. I… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
All the sins of your life seem to be rising up against you. Don't give up hope! On the contrary, call your… — Josemaria Escriva Copy Share Image
My mother was amazing. I guess, in our community, if you wanted to get by you had to work hard. So she… — Ursula Burns Copy Share Image
“There is a child - a baby - who long since kicked off her blankets. Her skin is ashen and her mouth… — Carrie Ryan Copy Share Image
I want education for the sons and daughters of the Taliban and all the terrorists and extremists. I do not even hate… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
In other words, homosexuality was no longer to be considered an illegal form of debauchery or perversion in which one willingly engaged… — Tim LaHaye Copy Share Image
“I am persuaded from long years of experience amongst women of many nationalities that good midwifery is essential for the true happiness… — Grantly Dick-Read Copy Share Image
Mothers really were not built to raise babies not only by themselves, but with only a partner. For millions of years, a… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
A mother, after all, is your entry into the world. She is the shell in which you divide and become a life.… — Meghan O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I have always drawn strength from my late mother's life. When Eunice Johnson set up the first major fashion show for African-American… — Linda Johnson Rice Copy Share Image
Only in America do these peasants, our mothers, get their hair dyed platinum at the age of sixty, and walk up and… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“One humid summer afternoon, Remy got to missing his dad, who was in Japan doing fieldwork. After searching around the house, I… — Ashley mae Hoiland Copy Share Image
The greatest motivator and leveler in my life has been my yoga practice. It has taught me how to be a grown-up,… — Emily Carpenter Copy Share Image
I have five stepbrothers but I didn't grow up with them. My parents separated when I was in my late teens and… — G Flip Copy Share Image
My mother made me listen to Carnatic music saying that only then I will be able to appreciate any good music. But… — Y. G. Mahendran Copy Share Image
I like to say that my mother had a very ordinary life. From the outside it didn't look like there was anything… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship. And an outstanding… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
Mothers tend to encourage their sons to run away and romp… Mothers of little boys often complain that "There's no controlling him."… — Louise J. Kaplan Copy Share Image
To be a good father and mother requires that the parents defer many of their own needs and desires in favor of… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
They were enormously chic. My father was very chic. My mother was a heavy woman and she wore wonderful, bright colors, and… — Polly Allen Mellen Copy Share Image
I believe my mother's immune system was harmed because of all the vaccinations she needed to visit different countries, when her body… — Sean Hepburn Ferrer Copy Share Image
When new cooks come to work for me, they obviously make mistakes at the beginning or there's some messiness to the presentation.… — Joel Robuchon Copy Share Image
These commonplace categories - wife, mother, housewife, teacher - are in fact teleological referents. They gesture to profound states of being that… — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
For the whole consequence of evolution from blind impulse through conscious will to self conscious knowledge, seems still somehow to correspond to… — Otto Rank Copy Share Image