I'll wave no more flags for home. No tears for Mother…

“Good night, Lisa. Sleep with the angels." Her eyes stung from quick tears. It had been her mother's nightly benediction: Sleep with the angels.…

— Karen Marie Moning

“For that entire journey across the rough terrain of Afghanistan, I never stopped praying that everything of the world could be peaceful, that all…

— Najwa bin Laden

“...I must be worth my life At the hour of my death Worth the tears of my mother...”

— M Darwic

My mom would frequently tell me to save your tears for when your mother dies.

— Michelle Zauner

“The Vine had no jukebox, but a real stereo continually playing tunes of alcoholic self-pity and sentimental divorce "Nurse," I sobbed. She poured doubles…

— Denis Johnson

“Sometimes, somehow... I feel that ocean contains tears of mother earth, that mourns over terrible great sin done by men.”

— Toba Beta

I would desire for a friend the son who never resisted the tears of his mother.

— Jacques de Lacretelle

“Coco looked at him and decided to try weeping. She could summon tears at will, and though Mother could tell the genuine from the…

— Anita Valle

I'll never forget you. Your husband will beat you with an extension cord and the bus will pull away leaving you standing there in…

— Denis Johnson

“Tears on your mother's eyes are heavier than ocean waters”

— Zybejta Beta Metani'Marashi

I've read hundreds of cookbooks. Most of those cookbooks don't even tell you how to get a steak ready, how to bake biscuits or…

— Colonel Sanders

“In short, when it comes to colonial America, religious persecution—in the sense of persecution both based in religion and aimed at religion—was as American…

— John Corvino

“New Rule: Americans must realize what makes NFL football so great: socialism. That's right, the NFL takes money from the rich teams and gives…

— Bill Maher

Of emotions, of love, of breakup, of love and hate and death and dying, mama, apple pie, and the whole thing. It covers a…

— Johnny Cash

Positive thinking is so firmly enshrined in our culture that knocking it is a little like attacking motherhood or apple pie.

— Srikumar Rao