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title: "20 Mother Left Quotes by 20 authors"
description: "Browse 20 Mother Left quotes by 20 authors. Discover the best Mother Left sayings and thoughts."
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> [My mother left me when I was 2 years old which is devestating to a child.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kellie-pickler/my-mother-left-me-when-i-was-2-years-old-which-is-devestating-to-a/)

[Kellie Pickler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kellie-pickler/)

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> [At the moment, my mother is the only one left in Glasgow, although it's certainly my home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-forsyth/at-the-moment-my-mother-is-the-only-one-left-in-glasgow-although-it-s/)

[Bill Forsyth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-forsyth/)

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> [My mother left me for seven years in an orphanage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vidal-sassoon/my-mother-left-me-for-seven-years-in-an-orphanage/)

[Vidal Sassoon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vidal-sassoon/)

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> [When my mother left her second husband, she wrote her autobiography and presented it to him for his approval.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-antin/when-my-mother-left-her-second-husband-she-wrote-her-autobiography/)

[David Antin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-antin/)

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> [We sure didn't feel like refugees, but in hindsight, I guess we were - my father and mother left everything behind to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dara-khosrowshahi/we-sure-didn-t-feel-like-refugees-but-in-hindsight-i-guess-we-were-my/)

[Dara Khosrowshahi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dara-khosrowshahi/)

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> [“Gabito would say later that he had no memory of his mother. She had left him before he could retain any memories…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-martin/gabito-would-say-later-that-he-had-no-memory-of-his-mother-she-had/)

[Gerald Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-martin/)

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> [I did what any good full-time working mother would do and left my screaming toddler with my husband for three weeks and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desi-lydic/i-did-what-any-good-full-time-working-mother-would-do-and-left-my/)

[Desi Lydic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desi-lydic/)

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> [“You have made me give up the hair Father gave me, the eyes Mother left me, the Color I was born to,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brown/you-have-made-me-give-up-the-hair-father-gave-me-the-eyes-mother-left/)

[Pierce Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierce-brown/)

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> [My mother left when I was ten...My father raised five kids and was there for me every day. I idolized my father…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chad-michael-murray/my-mother-left-when-i-was-ten-my-father-raised-five-kids-and-was/)

[Chad Michael Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chad-michael-murray/)

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> [“Her mother had left a note on the bathroom mirror, written in lipstick: just because my love isn't perfect doesn't mean I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-alire-s-enz/her-mother-had-left-a-note-on-the-bathroom-mirror-written-in-lipstick/)

[Benjamin Alire Sáenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-alire-s-enz/)

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> [“I’m going to end up like my mother. She left it too late to remember who she actually was before she became…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jojo-moyes/i-m-going-to-end-up-like-my-mother-she-left-it-too-late-to-remember/)

[Jojo Moyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jojo-moyes/)

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> [“Maya knows that her mother left her in Island Books. But maybe that’s what happens to all children at a certain age.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabrielle-zevin/maya-knows-that-her-mother-left-her-in-island-books-but-maybe-that-s/)

[Gabrielle Zevin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabrielle-zevin/)

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> [The first thing you should know about me is when I was three years old my mother left me and my father.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-carlyle/the-first-thing-you-should-know-about-me-is-when-i-was-three-years/)

[Robert Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-carlyle/)

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> [It was hard when my mother left us. I said to myself: 'You must keep working hard for her.' She was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelechi-iheanacho/it-was-hard-when-my-mother-left-us-i-said-to-myself-you-must-keep/)

[Kelechi Iheanacho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelechi-iheanacho/)

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> [My mother was one of seven girls whose parents went to bed hungry so their children wouldn't. My father lost his mother…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marco-rubio/my-mother-was-one-of-seven-girls-whose-parents-went-to-bed-hungry-so/)

[Marco Rubio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marco-rubio/)

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> [I lived in New York until I was eleven years old, when my mother left my two older sisters and my father.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-mitchell/i-lived-in-new-york-until-i-was-eleven-years-old-when-my-mother-left/)

[Victor Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-mitchell/)

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> [Life hasn't always been fair, sometimes it has been very mean. I fell down along the way, I got wounds that couldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercy-pheona/life-hasn-t-always-been-fair-sometimes-it-has-been-very-mean-i-fell/)

[Mercy Pheona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercy-pheona/)

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> [“Loser" "Father directed choir. When it paused on a Sunday, he liked to loiter out morning with the girls; then back to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-lowell/loser-father-directed-choir-when-it-paused-on-a-sunday-he-liked-to/)

[Robert Lowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-lowell/)

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> [“I'm very glad my mother left my father, of course, but as I got older it did get harder to valorize that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwendoline-riley/i-m-very-glad-my-mother-left-my-father-of-course-but-as-i-got-older/)

[Gwendoline Riley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwendoline-riley/)

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> [My father disowned me and my mother left me. It was difficult but I took Lord Ganesha's and Jesus's name and could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rakhi-sawant/my-father-disowned-me-and-my-mother-left-me-it-was-difficult-but-i/)

[Rakhi Sawant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rakhi-sawant/)

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