“It was easier with Mother--always had been--less complicated, less treacherous. I didn't have to be on my guard so much. I didn't… — Khaled Hosseini And The Mountains Echoed Copy Share Image
I was in an adolescent psychology class at Citadel when the guy said, if you had a mother who was beaten, there's… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
When the sun shouts and people abound One thinks there were the ages of stone and the age of bronze And the… — Robinson Jeffers Copy Share Image
“To be a good mother, a woman is supposed to devote herself entirely to her children (and often a dependent and childlike… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
little sun little moon little dog and a little to eat and a little to love and a little to live for… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
Your Nafs is just like a suckling child. If you do not take the pains to wean him, he will yearn for… — Busiri Copy Share Image
I grew up in a house with a mother who was a teacher and a Freedom Rider - very left-wing Democrats living… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
When I was 5 years old, I moved with my mother and brother from Philadelphia to a small town in Florida. People… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I had a pregnancy that wasn't private... A lot of people had their opinions about it. They were surprised that I came… — Lauren London Copy Share Image
Fame is a kind of death because it arrests life around the person in the public eye. If one is recognized everywhere,… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
We lived in Northern Quebec, and the nearest school was thirty miles away, so my mother took on the task of home… — Willard Boyle Copy Share Image
Death is the twin of love and mother of us all, she struggles equally for men and women and never accepts differences… — Rosario Ferre Copy Share Image
I do miss the people in the audience and the fun: "I came with my mother! And this is my mother!" I… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
We've never had nannies. We've had great grandparents, great support from family, and the kids have been on every set: they've seen… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
My foster mother always laughed and said it was his reputation for knowing everything that allowed for him to appear infallible: all… — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
I inherited my 1960s copy of 'French Provincial Cooking' by Elizabeth David from my mother Gabrielle, who in turn inherited it from… — Rachel Khoo Copy Share Image
“If we wanted to think about it,’ wrote Proust, ‘perhaps there is no really loving mother who could not, on her dying… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“Mother." Alec's voice as he interrupted his mother was firm, implacable, and not unkind. "Father. There's something I have to tell you."… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Sweet and low, sweet and low, Wind of the western sea, Low, low, breathe and blow, Wind of the western sea! Over… — Alfred Lord Tennyson Copy Share Image
“Adults were always quick to tell her how much she looked like her mother, and how little like her father. Though Anna… — Antonia Michaelis Copy Share Image
I didn't major in anthropology in college, but I do feel I had an education in different cultures very early on. My… — Lily King Copy Share Image
First there was a young guy sitting in front of television in a T-shirt drinking beer with his mother, then there was… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
I am just sorry my own mother had to live under that regime for most of her life. I was lucky. I… — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
“Looking at the horizon again, I saw a lone figure coming toward me, but I wasn't frightened because I was sure it… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
For that's what a woman, a mother wants - to teach her children to take an interest in life. She knows it's… — Marguerite Duras Copy Share Image
Like many children of the rich and famous, Paris Hilton didn't always get to spend quality time with her parents, especially her… — Jerry Oppenheimer Copy Share Image
“He turned abruptly his great searching eyes from the sea to Stephen's face. --The aunt thinks you killed your mother, he said.… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
I do not want a plain box, I want a sarcophagus With tigery stripes, and a face on it Round as the… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
“One of the immediate questions new parents face is who will provide primary care for a child. The historical choice has been… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
“[A woman's] education should be as varied and perfect as possible. If for no other reason to enable her properly to educate… — Karen Andreola Copy Share Image
I remember my mother saying to me on one occasion, 'Mel, I know that I can count on you.' I resolved that… — F. Melvin Hammond Copy Share Image
My worst memory is of my first dance lesson as a 14-year old in Prague. My mother put me in this silver… — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
The three monotheism share a series of identical forms of aversion: hatred of reason and intelligence; hatred of freedom; hatred of all… — Michel Onfray Copy Share Image
What exists in truth is the Self alone. The world, the individual soul and God are appearances in it. Like silver in… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
As a child, I heard in my home doctors and ambulance men say, 'Mrs. Stewart, you must've done something to provoke him.'… — Patrick Stewart Copy Share Image
That came from my mother. She was the biggest influence on my life. I remember once refusing to get on a bus… — Tony Wilson Copy Share Image
Whatever anybody eats is their business. I'm just a vegetarian because I personally want to be. If my sons want to go… — Lindsay Wagner Copy Share Image
I was raised by a strong mother who always taught me to speak up, I never had difficulty leaving an uncomfortable situation… — Toni Garrn Copy Share Image
Actually, I had a lot of good people with me - my mother's sister did a lot of taking care of me,… — Julie Andrews Copy Share Image
Her [Eleanor Roosevelt] father was the love of her life. Her father always made her feel wanted, made her feel loved, where… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
![“[A woman's] education should be as varied and perfect as possible. If for no other reason to enable her properly to educate and rear her own children. Whatever grand truths are planted in the mother's mind may take root in the next generation, and there grow, blossom, and shed their perfume on the…” quote by Karen Andreola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ef/karen-andreola-68734_children_a-woman-s-education-should-be-as-varied_1755708.jpg)
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