And also, one is a mother in order to understand the inexplicable. One is a mother to lighten the darkness. One is a mother to shield when lightning streaks the night, when thunder shakes the earth, when mud bogs one… — Mariama Bâ Copy Share Image
“The steps of the unseen visitor faltered and paused and soon a curse rang through the darkness. “May the mother’s milk fall untasted from the lips of the eldest son of the swine who carved this path!” — Linda Lafferty Copy Share Image
