“Mothers show their daughters how to become strong, fathers make them” — Rafia Shujaat Copy Share Image
“I got almost eighteen years with you. The best eighteen years of my life.” — Kristen Simmons Copy Share Image
“Only mothers can’t say they don’t want their children and just go away.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Unbelievable! You are unbelievable! First you ruin my life and then you blame it on my period!” — Jane Aire Copy Share Image
“Jeopardy, Mom! You have got to get on Jeopardy! Seriously! You could marry Alex Trebek! You could be Alex and Alex Trebek!… — Diane L. Randle Copy Share Image
“From that moment, and for the rest of my life, my mother's words--perceptive and many others--have helped me to be the thing… — Karen Swallow Prior Copy Share Image
“...you are my rainbow to keep. My eyes will always be watching you; never will I lose sight of you.” — Vesna M. Bailey Copy Share Image
“Mothers! They promise you they'll never get married again, and next thing you know you're a bridesmaid.” — Mindy Schanback Copy Share Image
“Mama once told me before she died that my blonde hair makes the sun go wild with envy.” — Kyle Labe Copy Share Image
“But her smile is vacant. Placid. A Stepford Wife smile. The tears fall but there is nothing behind them. She’s a mannequin… — Tania De Rozario Copy Share Image
“Mothers are ineffable, their prayers the driving force beneath our wings; their discipline, the magnet for honor—irreplaceable love!” — Henrietta Newton Martin, Author- The Greatest of All Romances, Your Potters Call Copy Share Image
“By noon, silence arrives one last time, flowing into every space of her room. And before long, silence swallows sound and color… — Brenda Sutton Rose Copy Share Image
“I leave the kitchen table to bathe, and to dress for church. If only my closet held on its shelves an array… — Tim Cummings Copy Share Image
“Her religious beliefs went first, for all she could ask of a god, or of immortality, was the gift of a place… — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
“Am I alone in this mother-food connection or does being with your mom trigger the sudden and voracious need for large amounts… — April Paine Copy Share Image
“Ebb and flow, ebb and flow, our lives. Is that why we're fascinated by the steadfastness of stars? The water reaches my… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
“Even as individuals become families and families become communities, and communities become nations, so eventually must the nations draw together in peace.” — Marjorie Watts Copy Share Image
“Another reason it's dangerous to acknowledge that you were unloved is that it implies the possibility that your mother may have been… — Victoria Secunda Copy Share Image
A daughter is a mother's gender partner, her closest ally in the family confederacy, an extension of her self. And mothers are… — Victoria Secunda Copy Share Image
“Chris ordered Greek Chicken, no butter no salt, and I decided to splurge on a hamburger. To which my mama took the… — Jane Aire Copy Share Image
“I am a wall. I am a wall. I am a wall. I am a giant and I tower above you. I… — Tania De Rozario Copy Share Image
Out of the corner of one eye, I could see my mother. Out of the corner of the other eye, I could… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
“They wanted the real mother, the blood mother, the great womb, mother of fierce compassion, a woman large enough to hold all… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
“Whosoever does not believe in the existence of a sixth sense has clearly not regarded their own mother. How it is they… — Narissa Doumani Copy Share Image
“I thought everything I knew about you might have been a lie, but since meeting him and your parents, I've realized that… — Jennifer Brown Copy Share Image
“If your mother lived your life as though it were her own-never allowing you a moment of stress or frustration, routinely sleeping… — Victoria Secunda Copy Share Image
“I think about following her, but I want to give Zoe a minute alone with her mother. I want them to have… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Suddenly life was good, even glamorous. We were poor but didn’t know it, or maybe we did know, but we didn’t care,… — Katie Hafner Copy Share Image
“KINGDOM OF THE WOMB From her thighs, she gives you life And how you treat she who gives you life Shows how… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
“The Dieter's Daughter Mom's got this taco guy's poem taped to the fridge, some ode to celery, which she is always eating.… — Anita Endrezze Copy Share Image
“Eleanor unpacked the picnic basket and spread Mrs. Stevenson's goodies across it. As the sun rose higher in the sky, the four… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
“Through the trees there was a motion, a person walking on the road. Isabelle watched as the girl - it was Amy… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share Image
“When I was five and Sarah seven, my mother went on a trip. She was gone from our home in Rochester, New… — Katie Hafner Copy Share Image
“ MY MOTHER GETS DRESSED It is impossible for my mother to do even the simplest things for herself anymore so we… — Daphne Gottlieb Copy Share Image
“As a mother I see the future in the present. Every little thing she does or says makes me form a hypothesis… — Kimberley Alecia Smith Copy Share Image
“Some women pray for their daughters to marry good husbands. I pray that my girls will find girlfriends half as loyal and… — Rebecca Wells Copy Share Image
