You know, I really miss my days growing up on the island…

We emigrated from South Korea to the island of Guam.

— Young Kim

“She had lived thirty-four years keeping everything inside, and now she was letting everything go, like butterflies released from a box. They didn't burst…

— Sarah Addison Allen

As a young girl, I watched my mother hand-stitch thobes while sitting on the floor with a lamp at her side. She would make…

— Rashida Tlaib

Later in life, the memories I have of my mother are of constant work balanced with caring for my ailing father.

— Gloria Estefan

“My mother died at eighty-three, of cancer, in pain, her spleen enlarged so that her body was misshapen. Is that the person I see…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

My first memories of my mother are of a delicate lady with a kind voice.

— John Carter Cash

All my memories with my mother have been special. Even the time she rebuked or taught me things the hard way.

— Rubina Dilaik

Family holidays and weekends are really brightly colored memories, full of my mother and father, rather than our nannies and au pairs.

— Olivia Williams

I have very vivid memories of my mother reading to us as kids.

— Nick Lachey

I have great childhood memories of my mother baking, and I was always a willing participant, especially if it meant I could revarnish the…

— James William Middleton

All my childhood memories of my mother, is that of someone who was just superwoman, before the phrase was even invented.

— Carol Thatcher

“My happiest memories of my mother are memories of missing her.”

— Laurie Stone

The mother memories that are closest to my heart are the small gentle ones that I have carried over from the days of my…

— Margaret Sanger

The importance of inclusive behavior was modeled for me early in life. I have many childhood memories of my mother - an entrepreneur and…

— Lynne Doughtie

A good memory is one trained to forget the trivial.

— Clifton Fadiman