“And before that, I had been Charles’s wife, the bereaved mother of the slain child. That was all. But before that, I… — Melanie Benjamin Copy Share Image
We are not very much to blame for our bad marriages. We live amid hallucinations, and especial trap is laid to trip… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Let us ask Mary to help us respond to violence, to conflict and to war, with the power of dialogue, reconciliation and… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The joy of motherhood comes in moments. ... Families need unstructured time when relationships can deepen and real parenting can take place.… — M. Russell Ballard Copy Share Image
You know what has made me the happiest I've ever been? Seeing my son and daughter graduate from college. More than wanting… — Gil Scott-Heron Copy Share Image
“My mother was widely loved, and rightly so – and widely regarded as too sweet for words. Well, she had them buffaloed.… — Markham Shaw Pyle Copy Share Image
There's no pressure; like Kate said, it is about carving your own future. No one is going to try to fill my… — Prince William Copy Share Image
“He is not a pleasant person,' I said. 'I don't know what we need him for.' 'You'll just have to learn to… — Edith Konecky Copy Share Image
Day 1: I love you mother day 2: I'm old enogh to make my own decisions day 3: man I wish my… — Megan Sartin Copy Share Image
But I don't feel sad about it. Because Mother is dead. And because Mr. Shears isn't around anymore. So I would be… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
No one can understands a girl's heart, except her MOM. If u want to understand ur girl's heart or to know what… — Vedhantha Copy Share Image
I was four or five, and my mother gave me a big black tablet, because I kept complaining that I was bored.… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
Those were the places where many people mixed if they wanted to mix, which was against the law [Immorality Act of 1927].… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
My mother says men are different from us. She says we want to be in love, but only with the one we… — Robert Jordan Copy Share Image
My mom means the world to me. She's always been the one to get me up early for work, help me with… — Raini Rodriguez Copy Share Image
My 'Chili Palmer' was my mother. Her name is Carmen Milian, and she's my manager. Before getting into music, we actually educated… — Christina Milian Copy Share Image
My mother, when I was doing stage acting in Chicago, would come to see any show that I was in. There was… — Paul Raci Copy Share Image
No, my step-daughter just opened a theatre school for children, I have another daughter who works in the record industry and another… — Rosanne Cash Copy Share Image
“Her mother rose and slammed her hand against the table. The loud thump made her father flinch. “If you wouldn’t do it… — Vivienne Savage Copy Share Image
“I am made up of light and shadows. I am both mother & inner child. Healing and evolving. I run with the… — Ríonach Copy Share Image
I wanted to be Brooke Shields, and my mother was an aspiring photographer, so I was, of course, the only one who… — Stephanie Seymour Copy Share Image
“Here's what I hadn't realized : the mother you haven't seen for almost 36 years isn't your mother. She is a stranger.… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
At age 20 I went to go find my father in Nigeria. And after much toil, I finally figured out exactly where… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
My parents were terrific - mother was a church organist and my father was probably the most respected person in our church… — Jane Pauley Copy Share Image
This is the autumn of wonders, yet every day, every single day, I go back to that burned afternoon in August when… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
To see the way that [my mother] held our family together after my dad passed away, and then went to college after… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
"The earth is so beautiful. We are beautiful also. We can allow ourselves to walk mindfully, touching the earth, our wonderful mother,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I go around with my books so much and I love to perform on stage, to remind everybody that the lights are… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
Much of the ill-tempered railing against women that has characterized the popular writing of the last two years is a half-heartedattempt to… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
A mother has far greater influence on her children than anyone else, and she must realize that every word she speaks, every… — Nathan Eldon Tanner Copy Share Image
The language of Christianity is the language of substitution. It is not primarily the language of morals. God is not presented as… — Rod Rosenbladt Copy Share Image
“Instead of celebrating with a cake (too full of poisonous refined sugars) and presents (too materialistic), my mother would come into my… — Molly Harper Copy Share Image
When I was a young child, professional aspiration was synonymous to me with the clatter of my mother's high-heeled boots as she… — Alissa Quart Copy Share Image
The picture of Mother Teresa that I remember from my childhood is of a short, sari-wearing woman scurrying down a red gravel… — Bharati Mukherjee Copy Share Image
My mother told me that life isn't always about pleasing yourself and that sometimes you have to do things for the sole… — Chelsea Handler Copy Share Image
'Charlotte's Web,' which I read sitting on my mother's lap, was the most emotional experience: that was when I made the leap… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
All the fascination of King Solomon's Mines seems to be behind those great mountains and this I may add is a bit… — Richard H. Davis Copy Share Image
Our mythology tells us so much about fathers and sons. ... What do we know about mothers and daughters? ... Our power… — Anne Roiphe Copy Share Image
“Cairn Stone This is the rock he lifted to lay upon a cairn in a high place. This rock, warmed by the… — Claudia Putnam Copy Share Image
Indira Gandhi had been this very powerful, dominating, ambiguous mother figure. Ambiguous because she was tyrannical, she had imposed...she had suspended Indian… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image