--- title: "8 Mother Suffered Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Mother Suffered quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Mother Suffered sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fe/susan-griffin-8475_animal-life_we-heard-of-this-woman-who-was-out-of-co_461390.jpg" --- > [“We heard of this woman who was out of control. We heard that she was led by her feelings. That her emotions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-griffin/we-heard-of-this-woman-who-was-out-of-control-we-heard-that-she-was/) [Susan Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-griffin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fe/susan-griffin-8475_animal-life_we-heard-of-this-woman-who-was-out-of-co_461390.jpg) > [I lost my mother, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease, and we had to relocate my dad after 58 years in the family…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-davidson/i-lost-my-mother-who-suffered-from-alzheimer-s-disease-and-we-had-to/) [Doug Davidson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-davidson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/415/doug-davidson-29947_after_i-lost-my-mother-who-suffered-from-alzhe_646605.png) > [“The argument had been in full swing when Matthew’s father telephoned with the news that a funny turn Matthew’s mother had suffered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-galbraith/the-argument-had-been-in-full-swing-when-matthew-s-father-telephoned/) [Robert Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-galbraith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c68/robert-galbraith-3411_bad-taste_the-argument-had-been-in-full-swing-when_717718.jpg) > [“Eventually my mother suffered a complete breakdown, and the court orders were finally signed. They took her to the State Mental Hospital…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/eventually-my-mother-suffered-a-complete-breakdown-and-the-court/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/730/malcolm-x-213_kalamazoo_eventually-my-mother-suffered-a-complete_749997.jpg) > [Because my father was often absent on naval duty, my mother suffered me to do much as I pleased](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-james-audubon/because-my-father-was-often-absent-on-naval-duty-my-mother-suffered/) [John James Audubon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-james-audubon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1a/john-james-audubon-9371_absent_because-my-father-was-often-absent-on-na_816152.jpg) > [“Promise this — never to raise your hand against a living creature, either to strike, pluck, or eat, without first recollecting its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lindsay/promise-this-never-to-raise-your-hand-against-a-living-creature/) [David Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lindsay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d77/david-lindsay-32518_life_promise-this-never-to-raise-your-hand-ag_1489039.jpg) > [“At the end of the forest the guardian angel pointed to the village and said: ‘There you will find your mother. She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-sendak/at-the-end-of-the-forest-the-guardian-angel-pointed-to-the-village/) [Maurice Sendak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-sendak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e7/maurice-sendak-1273_children_at-the-end-of-the-forest-the-guardian-an_1842294.jpg) > [I have had to contend against the unkindness of his sister, and the insolence of his mother; and have suffered the punishment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-austen/i-have-had-to-contend-against-the-unkindness-of-his-sister-and-the/) [Jane Austen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-austen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fe/jane-austen-39_advantage_i-have-had-to-contend-against-the-unkind_1942037.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mother-suffered/#itemlist", "name": "Mother Suffered Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We heard of this woman who was out of control. We heard that she was led by her feelings. That her emotions were violent. That she was impetuous. That she violated tradition and overrode convention. That certainly her life should not be an example to us. (The life of the plankton, she read in this book on the life of the earth, depends on the turbulence of the sea) We were told that she moved too hastily. Placed her life in the stream of ideas just born. For instance, had a child out of wedlock, we were told. For instance, refused to be married. For instance, walked the streets alone, where ladies never did, and we should have little regard for her, even despite the brilliance of her words. (She read that the plankton are slightly denser than water) For she had no respect for boundaries, we were told. And when her father threatened her mother, she placed her body between them. (That because of this greater heaviness, the plankton sink into deeper waters) And she went where she should not have gone, even into her sister's marriage. And because she imagined her sister to be suffering what her mother had suffered, she removed her sister from that marriage. (And that these deeper waters provide new sources of nourishment) That she moved from passion. From unconscious feeling, allowing deep and troubled emotions to control her soul. (But if the plankton sinks deeper, as it would in calm waters, she read) But we say that to her passion, she brought lucidity (it sinks out of the light, and it is only the turbulence of the sea, she read) and to her vision, she gave the substance of her life (which throws the plankton back to the light). For the way her words illuminated her life we say we have great regard. We say we have listened to her voice asking, \"of what materials can that heart be composed which can melt when insulted and instead of revolting at injustice, kiss the rod?\" (And she understood that without light, the plankton cannot live and from the pages of this book she also read that the animal life of the oceans, and hence our life, depends on the plankton and thus the turbulence of the sea for survival.) By her words we are brought to our own lives, and are overwhelmed by our feelings which we had held beneath the surface for so long. 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After this, she and Matthew felt that squabbling about Strike was in bad taste, so they went to bed in an unsatisfactory state of theoretical reconciliation, both, Robin knew, still seething. It was”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Galbraith" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-galbraith/the-argument-had-been-in-full-swing-when-matthew-s-father-telephoned/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c68/robert-galbraith-3411_bad-taste_the-argument-had-been-in-full-swing-when_717718.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c68/robert-galbraith-3411_bad-taste_the-argument-had-been-in-full-swing-when_717718.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c68/robert-galbraith-3411_bad-taste_the-argument-had-been-in-full-swing-when_717718.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The argument had been in full swing when Matthew’s father telephoned with the news that a funny turn…” — Robert Galbraith", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Eventually my mother suffered a complete breakdown, and the court orders were finally signed. 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It was as if I was trying to walk up the side of a hill of feathers.\" -Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Malcolm X" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/eventually-my-mother-suffered-a-complete-breakdown-and-the-court/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/730/malcolm-x-213_kalamazoo_eventually-my-mother-suffered-a-complete_749997.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/730/malcolm-x-213_kalamazoo_eventually-my-mother-suffered-a-complete_749997.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/730/malcolm-x-213_kalamazoo_eventually-my-mother-suffered-a-complete_749997.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Eventually my mother suffered a complete breakdown, and the court orders were finally signed. 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She is sitting outside the house, thinking of you. Go now. From here on, you won’t be able to see me.’ The child went to the village, but it looked strange and unfamiliar to her. In among the houses she knew, there were others she had never seen before; the trees looked different, and there was no trace of damage the enemy had done. All was peaceful, the grain waved in the breeze, the meadows were green, the trees were laden with fruit. But she had no trouble recognizing her mother’s house, and when she came close, she saw an old, old woman with bowed head, sitting on the bench outside the door, enjoying the last rays of the evening sun that hung low over the forest. The old woman looked up, and when she saw the little girl she cried out in joyful amazement. ‘Ah, dear child. God has granted my last wish, to see you once again before I die.’ She kissed her and pressed her to her heart. And then the little girl heard that she had spent thirty years with Saint Joseph in the forest, though to her it had seemed like three days. All the fear and misery her mother had suffered during the great war had passed her by, and her whole life had been just one joyful moment. Her mother had thought wild beasts had torn her to pieces years ago, and yet deep in her heart she had hoped to catch at least a glimpse of her just as she was when she went away. 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