“In this pause, I suddenly saw something very clearly. Whatever it was I wanted from my mother was simply not there to… — Alison Bechdel Copy Share Image
“I reach out to touch his cheek and he catches my hand and presses it against his lips. I remember my father… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
I didn't know what to do. How do you tell an eight-year-old boy his mother's going to die? I tried. In my… — James Dean Copy Share Image
Even the notion that women should have children at all is based on the idea that a woman's inherent and most important… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
My parents loved each other. I was raised in a house of total love and respect. My dad worked very hard and… — James Woods Copy Share Image
Mother Earth is now stronger than She ever was before. It is almost like taking penicillin. You take it for a few… — Drunvalo Melchizedek Copy Share Image
Humanity cherishes its swaddling clothes; but it shall not grow up unless it can free itself from them. Turning down his mother's… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, in self-discovery, you get the culty types who want the father figure or mother figure to tell them everything to do.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Some mothers in today's world feel "cumbered" by home duties and are thus attracted by other more "romantic" challenges. Such women could… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
I've raced on all seven continents at least twice. I've probably run thousands of races. But the single race that I'm most… — Dean Karnazes Copy Share Image
It's a perfect moment to quietly meditate on the cosmic Great Mother who can inspire us all; the divine, feminine Spirit of… — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
“Wordlessly, Deniz gave her mother a sidelong glance, her incredulity apparent. For the first time it crossed her mind that the woman… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
Obviously, my daughter keeps me motivated, but I've got a really great support system. Having my husband and my mother and my… — Jamie Lynn Spears Copy Share Image
Becoming a parent is signing up to live your life constantly terrified. Half the time you're terrified something is going to happen… — Kirsten Millingar Copy Share Image
Come to the bridal-chamber, Death! Come to the mother's, when she feels, For the first time, her first-born's breath! Come when the… — Fitz-Greene Halleck Copy Share Image
“Aylmer had long laid aside in unwilling recognition of the truth—against which all seekers sooner or later stumble—that our great creative Mother,… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Women know what kinds of laws can really be implemented. I loved in the film where the woman was talking to the… — Swanee Hunt Copy Share Image
Our parents helped us, or we wouldn't be here. Lacy Van Zant and my mother used to sign for amps or loan… — Gary Rossington Copy Share Image
I was, I think, extremely lucky, because the minute I saw my face plastered on 'Time' magazine in the subway with my… — Diane Lane Copy Share Image
“The thing Lady didn't get, or the thing she'd forgotten, was that being a child was painful too. She was so wrapped… — Edan Lepucki Copy Share Image
Life has never been perfect. It probably never will. But I will never ever lose hope, because I know I always have… — Mriua Copy Share Image
My mother fed my love of demons, science fiction, and paranormal. She was a devout horror movie fan who kept me up… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
I have the biggest sweet tooth! You name it, I will eat it. My all-time favorite is my mother's butter cake. Every… — Michael Strahan Copy Share Image
“THE STORY GOES THAT I sucked too avidly at my mother’s breast, and caused an abscess to bloom in the tender flesh… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
Essentially, I spent most of my childhood with my mother and my older sister, and I suppose I had rather a romantic… — Claire Tomalin Copy Share Image
Around 1998, I went through lots of pressures and struggles. My children got married within eight months of each other, my son… — Anne Graham Lotz Copy Share Image
Let's distinguish between freedom and equality. The modern American woman may be more liberated sexually than her mother was, but I don't… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
The North American system only wants to consider the positive aspects of reality. Men and women are subjected from childhood to an… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
Oh, my goodness, when you're a mother and you just give birth to a child with spina bifida and - or Down's… — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
I dish the dirt out, and I can take it. But why should my mother and children have to take it? In… — Jeremy Clarkson Copy Share Image
I believe that mothers should tell the truth, even - no, especially - when the truth is difficult. It's always easier, and… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
Eyebrows are really important because they structure the face. In school it was funny because I was always the one walking around… — Rita Ora Copy Share Image
I didn't know shorthand either. This meant I couldn't get a good job after college. My mother kept telling me nobody wanted… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
Alone of human beings the good and wise mother stands on a plane of equal honor with the bravest soldier; for she… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Heroes are people who face down their fears. It is that simple. A child afraid of the dark who one day blows… — David Gemmell Copy Share Image
My mother is old-fashioned; she raised us like girls from a 19th-century book. My sisters and I are known for being the… — Lou Doillon Copy Share Image
We have to steer our true life’s course. Whatever your calling is in life! The whole purpose of being here is to… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
You attribute your stress to an external agency. You believe your mother-in-law, boss or the weather causes your stress. Vedanta says that… — Jaya Row Copy Share Image
There's such a grace and understanding in the female persona when women have really come into their own. Part of that is… — Giancarlo Esposito Copy Share Image
When I was about to break a world record and become well known, my mother used to say that for her the… — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
