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title: "6 Mother Needed Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [“Parents, she thought, learned to survive touching their children less and less. As a baby Pearl had clung to her; she’d worn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/celeste-ng/parents-she-thought-learned-to-survive-touching-their-children-less-2/)

[Celeste Ng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/celeste-ng/)

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> [It was as a mother that I needed my mother back, and I needed to conjure her anew and think about what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-soetoro-ng/it-was-as-a-mother-that-i-needed-my-mother-back-and-i-needed-to/)

[Maya Soetoro-Ng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-soetoro-ng/)

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> [“She considered, maybe for the first time, how lucky she was to be able to pick up the phone and call her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brady-udall/she-considered-maybe-for-the-first-time-how-lucky-she-was-to-be-able/)

[Brady Udall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brady-udall/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d4/brady-udall-27266_bad-advice_she-considered-maybe-for-the-first-time_1207943.jpg)

> [“father without my mother. He needed her—probably more than I did. I was afraid that without her to anchor him to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kimberly-rae-miller/father-without-my-mother-he-needed-her-probably-more-than-i-did-i-was/)

[Kimberly Rae Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kimberly-rae-miller/)

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> [Dearest Mama, thank you for bring so supportive all the time. Thank you for being my mother when I needed someone to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/dearest-mama-thank-you-for-bring-so-supportive-all-the-time-thank-you/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I was born because my mother needed a fourth for meals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beatrice-lillie/i-was-born-because-my-mother-needed-a-fourth-for-meals/)

[Beatrice Lillie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beatrice-lillie/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ec/beatrice-lillie-44114_born_i-was-born-because-my-mother-needed-a-fo_2276260.png)

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