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title: "1 Mother Shield Quotes By Mariama Bâ"
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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariama-b/and-also-one-is-a-mother-in-order-to-understand-the-inexplicable-one/)

[Mariama Bâ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariama-b/)

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## More by Mariama Bâ

> [And also, one is a mother in order to understand the inexplicable. One is a mother to lighten the darkness. One is a mother…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariama-b/and-also-one-is-a-mother-in-order-to-understand-the-inexplicable-one/)

[Mariama Bâ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariama-b/)

> [“Each profession, intellectual or manual, deserves consideration, whether it requires painful physical effort or manual dexterity, wide knowledge or or the patience of an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariama-b/each-profession-intellectual-or-manual-deserves-consideration-whether/)

[Mariama Bâ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariama-b/)

> [“Try explaining to them that a working woman is no less responsible for her home... There are the children to be washed, the husband…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariama-b/try-explaining-to-them-that-a-working-woman-is-no-less-responsible/)

[Mariama Bâ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariama-b/)

> [A woman should marry the man who loves her, but never the one that she loves; that is the secret of lasting happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariama-b/a-woman-should-marry-the-man-who-loves-her-but-never-the-one-that-she/)

[Mariama Bâ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariama-b/)

> [The flavour of life is love. The salt of life is also love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariama-b/the-flavour-of-life-is-love-the-salt-of-life-is-also-love/)

[Mariama Bâ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariama-b/)

> [Friendship has splendors that love knows not. It grows stronger when crossed, whereas obstacles kill love. Friendship resists time, which wearies and severs couples.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariama-b/friendship-has-splendors-that-love-knows-not-it-grows-stronger-when/)

[Mariama Bâ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariama-b/)

> [“...death is just as beautiful as life has been.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariama-b/death-is-just-as-beautiful-as-life-has-been/)

[Mariama Bâ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariama-b/)

> [I remain persuaded of the inevitable and necessary complementarity of man and woman. Love, imperfect as it may be in its content and expression,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariama-b/i-remain-persuaded-of-the-inevitable-and-necessary-complementarity-of/)

[Mariama Bâ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariama-b/)

> [“My horizon lightened, I see an old woman. Who is she? Where is she from? Bent over, the ends of her boubou tied behind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariama-b/my-horizon-lightened-i-see-an-old-woman-who-is-she-where-is-she-from/)

[Mariama Bâ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariama-b/)

> [A nervous breakdown waits around the corner for anyone who lets himself wallow in bitterness. Little by little, it takes over your whole being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariama-b/a-nervous-breakdown-waits-around-the-corner-for-anyone-who-lets/)

[Mariama Bâ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariama-b/)

> [“Eternal woman: even in mourning, you want to make a strike, you want to seduce, you want to arouse interest!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariama-b/eternal-woman-even-in-mourning-you-want-to-make-a-strike-you-want-to/)

[Mariama Bâ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariama-b/)

> [A woman must marry the man who loves her but never the one she loves; that is the secret of lasting happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariama-b/a-woman-must-marry-the-man-who-loves-her-but-never-the-one-she-loves/)

[Mariama Bâ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariama-b/)

> [“The word 'happiness' does indeed have meaning, doesn't it? I shall go out in search of it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariama-b/the-word-happiness-does-indeed-have-meaning-doesn-t-it-i-shall-go-out/)

[Mariama Bâ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariama-b/)

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