“What part did she give you?" Zoe asked her mother. "Mary, the mother of God." "Talk about miscasting," Nelia said.” — Pamela Todd Copy Share Image
“At ten I asked my mother if I could start shaving my legs. My dark shin fur was hard to ignore in… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
“I asked my mother when we first met, but she evaded the answer like she does everything else.” — Candace Knoebel Copy Share Image
I asked my mother, 'Why shouldn't I act?' She said, 'Nobody in the family has acted, so why should you?' — Hina Khan Copy Share Image
“What is there beyond the sky?' I asked my mother. 'Paradise.' 'What does it look like?' 'Like children’s dreams.” — Refaat Alareer Copy Share Image
“What good is it if you read Plato and never clean your toilet? asked my mother, reverting to the values of Jubilee.” — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
My family is very musical, I was surrounded by it. And from four years old I was the one that asked my… — John Legend Copy Share Image
A little girl at the wedding afterwards asked her mother why the bride changed her mind. What do you mean? responded her… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I went to my mother right before I was set to go protest my first soldier's funeral and asked my mother: 'I… — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share Image
“I was shaking when I asked my mother, “Do you think you eat enough?” She was silent for a long time until… — Eula Biss Copy Share Image
I was the world's ugliest baby. I have photos of my folks leaving the hospital with sacks over their heads... I asked… — Phyllis Diller Copy Share Image
One night, my father woke me up because he'd come home with a horse. Two days later, I asked my mother where… — Roisin Murphy Copy Share Image
When I asked my mother, ‘how do I tell people about you’ her answer was ‘tell the truth’. But of course, the… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
When I was about eight, I asked my mother if it was true that God knows everything about you. When she answered… — Andrew Sullivan Copy Share Image
The Olinka girls do not believe girls should be educated. When I asked a mother why she thought this, she said: A… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I was in control of what people thought of me, but I had no control over what they thought of my mother.… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
“I held you," she said, her voice was tense and gaining in volume. "I held you, and you cried, and you asked… — Shay Savage Copy Share Image
When I was a child I had a nightmare, and in the morning, I asked my mother and father, 'If I kill… — Claire Denis Copy Share Image
I always asked my mother, I said, 'Momma, how come is everything white?' I said, 'Why is Jesus white with blond hair… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
She unwrapped the blanket when she came in my door. You were inside it. She set you down on the floor and… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“She set you down on the floor and you started ranging around, picking things up, pulling my cats tail- you screamed like… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Once," Balinda begins softly, "when I was in the emergency room with my mother they brought in a murderer who had been… — Kris Radish Copy Share Image
A little girl asked her mother, How did the human race begin? The mother answered, God made Adam and Eve and they… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
When I look back, there are various things I did that make me cringe. But then I'm sure that in my sixties… — Gillian Anderson Copy Share Image
Sometimes we adopt certain beliefs when we're children and use them automatically when we become adults, without ever checking them out against… — Charlotte Sophia Kasl Copy Share Image
I never asked my mother where babies came from but I remember clearly the day she volunteered the information…my mother called me… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
I moved to Des Moines when I was 15. I asked my mother to give up costody and sign parental rights over… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
“Are we running away from home?” I asked, giving voice to the question that had been on my mind for two days,… — Michele Jaffe Copy Share Image
A Russian child asked his mother : "does God know we don't believe in Him?" — Yip Harburg Copy Share Image
A Woman once asked her mother: Mother, how will I ever find the right Man?. Her mother replied: Forget finding the right… — Abdel Copy Share Image
The question was asked, how can you be a mother and a congresswoman? I said, I have a brain, I have a… — Patricia Schroeder Copy Share Image
When I was thirteen I basically asked my mother if it was possible for this to end, that I'd had enough of… — Linda Blair Copy Share Image
I asked my mother could I have an instrument. She said, 'Well if you go out and save your money.' So I… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
When I was 13 I asked my mother if it was possible for this to end - I'd had enough of it.… — Linda Blair Copy Share Image
I asked my mother I said, "You divorced my dad, how did you decide? She said, "I decided twelve years before he… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
My mother carried me for 10 months. I asked her 'Mother, you had an extra month, why you didn't make me a… — Mstislav Rostropovich Copy Share Image
I asked Mother how she endured so many years of goodbyes. She quoted a mountain-man who said, 'Make the least of all… — Gigi Graham Copy Share Image
One of the saddest sentences I know is "I wish I had asked my mother about that." Or my father. Or my… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
