My mother used 'Cinderella' as the antidote of what was in…

Whether we think of Disney's blonde beauty and her pumpkin carriage or Marissa Meyer's recent recasting of 'Cinderella' as a cyborg in the young…

— Marie Rutkoski

There weren’t any fairy tales in the streets around me. If there was ever a Cinderella, her glass slippers shattered under her weight and…

— Anonymous

Everything comes home, my mother used to say; every word spoken, every shadow cast, every footprint in the sand. It can't be helped; it's…

— Joanne Harris

My mother used to tell me, No matter what they ask you, always say yes. You can learn later.

— Natalie Wood

My mother used to say that when I told her that I wanted to be an artist, her famous line was, 'The only artists…

— Glenn Ligon

“Marty, my mother used to say "Never get greedy with God." I think what she meant was "Don't dare ask for more if you…

— James Patterson

“Mother: “He used to say that you could lock me in a closet and I’d still get something out of it. I guess that’s…

— Eula Biss

When I was nine years old, living on the south side of Chicago, my father was a minister and my mother used to scrub…

— Mr. T

The driving thing was for me to get out of the poverty that we lived in... My mother always used to say that we…

— Pat O'Shane

“She’s so pretty to look at and so lighthearted, the way your mother used to be before we married. But she’s not, let’s say,…

— Anne Tyler

My father passed away when I was two, and my mother was just 22-years-old back then. So young and only soul to take care…

— Bharti Singh

“Trouble comes to those who bring it upon themselves, her mother used to say,”

— Martha Conway

My mother used to make the most amazing yogurt.

— Hamdi Ulukaya

My mother used to box, and I followed her footsteps into training. She loves fighting.

— Amanda Nunes

“Her mother used to say a woman's life was suffering, but that was the last thing she wanted for this sweet girl who had…

— Min Jin Lee