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title: "17 Mother Saying Quotes by 17 authors"
description: "Browse 17 Mother Saying quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Mother Saying sayings and thoughts."
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> [I started writing letters home to my mother, saying that I wanted to come home, grandma won't let me sing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mavis-staples/i-started-writing-letters-home-to-my-mother-saying-that-i-wanted-to/)

[Mavis Staples](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mavis-staples/)

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> [“And which comes first? her unbearable mother is saying. What we see or how we see it?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-smith/and-which-comes-first-her-unbearable-mother-is-saying-what-we-see-or/)

[Ali Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-smith/)

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> [When I said, "I am my mother, but I'm not," I was saying my path would be my own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/when-i-said-i-am-my-mother-but-i-m-not-i-was-saying-my-path-would-be/)

[Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/)

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> [Father:where is my son? Mother:he was saying he will do sex today](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author-name/father-where-is-my-son-mother-he-was-saying-he-will-do-sex-today/)

[Author Name](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/author-name/)

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> [I remember mother saying : Inventors are like poets, a trashy lot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-rukeyser/i-remember-mother-saying-inventors-are-like-poets-a-trashy-lot/)

[Muriel Rukeyser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-rukeyser/)

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> [My mother had a saying: 'Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you're not the last.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamala-harris/my-mother-had-a-saying-kamala-you-may-be-the-first-to-do-many-things/)

[Kamala Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamala-harris/)

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> [“that old Mrs. Bishop was lacking in the qualities that make a good mother. And saying it that way makes her sound…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irene-hunt/that-old-mrs-bishop-was-lacking-in-the-qualities-that-make-a-good/)

[Irene Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irene-hunt/)

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> [Despite my mother saying I have been destined to be an actress my whole life, I remember being the kid who grew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shantel-vansanten/despite-my-mother-saying-i-have-been-destined-to-be-an-actress-my/)

[Shantel VanSanten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shantel-vansanten/)

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> [“When Jeff Greene was in second grade, seven and a half years old, he got home from school one Tuesday afternoon in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-voigt/when-jeff-greene-was-in-second-grade-seven-and-a-half-years-old-he/)

[Cynthia Voigt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-voigt/)

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> [“I remember holding my son, and looking over at my own mother and saying, “Now I understand why the sun comes up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-adly-guirgis/i-remember-holding-my-son-and-looking-over-at-my-own-mother-and/)

[Stephen Adly Guirgis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-adly-guirgis/)

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> [Like my mother, I was always saying, 'I'll fix my life one day.' It became clear when I saw her die without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-murray/like-my-mother-i-was-always-saying-i-ll-fix-my-life-one-day-it-became/)

[Liz Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-murray/)

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> [People always accuse us of being overprotective with Beyonce. But I was the mother saying, 'You gonna go hang out? You gonna…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-knowles/people-always-accuse-us-of-being-overprotective-with-beyonce-but-i/)

[Tina Knowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-knowles/)

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> [“Sometimes the thought of his mother working so hard while he did nothing would come suddenly upon his and he would rush…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-nesbitt/sometimes-the-thought-of-his-mother-working-so-hard-while-he-did/)

[E. Nesbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-nesbitt/)

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> [He was always part of her thoughts, and now that he was real, he was inescapably part of her life, but it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-rees-brennan/he-was-always-part-of-her-thoughts-and-now-that-he-was-real-he-was/)

[Sarah Rees Brennan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-rees-brennan/)

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> [“He remembered another one of his mother's saying. It was back when she'd birthed Fanny, her tenth. Someone had siad it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-alexander-thom/he-remembered-another-one-of-his-mother-s-saying-it-was-back-when-she/)

[James Alexander Thom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-alexander-thom/)

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> [“I think about all the people I need to forgive. My mother for not saying she loves me? We're too often guilty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-rowley/i-think-about-all-the-people-i-need-to-forgive-my-mother-for-not/)

[Steven Rowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-rowley/)

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> [“What about your family?" "Please. They have to tell me I'm a good designer. That's their job." Diana thought of her mother…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leigh-bardugo/what-about-your-family-please-they-have-to-tell-me-i-m-a-good/)

[Leigh Bardugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leigh-bardugo/)

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