“And what will you call her, then?” Nancy asked the new mother. “Abigail,” Naomi said. “We will call her Abigail.” “Ah,” Nancy… — Melanie Schmidt Copy Share Image
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“Forty years ago my mother died," he said. "She captured by Comanches, nine years old. Love Indian and wild life so well,… — S.C. Gwynne Copy Share Image
“We as human beings appear to be in the most adverse stages in our evolution. How can the Mother Earth survive when… — Chris Cordova Copy Share Image
“From then on, I was terrified that I or one of my parents were going to die. My mother worried me the… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
I wrote the children's books, and those were wonderful tributes to my life as a daughter and a mother and just a… — Ainsley Earhardt Copy Share Image
Arthur Miller said one of my favorite lines ever, that he had the mother say to her two sons about a very… — Mandy Patinkin Copy Share Image
The fact that we are all trained to be mothers from infancy on means that we are all trained to devote our… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
She could not explain or quite understand that it wasn't altogether jealousy she felt, it was rage. And not because she couldn't… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
In my own life, I find myself doing some task - driving or playing golf - and having a conversation with my… — James Remar Copy Share Image
It is easy to see what many people, women especially, admire about Sarah Palin. Here is a mother of five who can… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“A mother's heart is a vast and glorious thing. My mother's heart was expansive, having been enlarged by suffering and years of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“When I was five, my mother and sister sat me up on the kitchen counter and explained the facts of life: the… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
“My old man's a white old man And my old mother's black. If ever I cursed my white old man I take… — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
My parents had the plan for my life from the moment my mother tested positive with me. Looking back now, I'd say… — Douglas Brunt Copy Share Image
“Raisin in our only outlier for now: her mother is white, she lives in a white neighbourhood, she eats white food, she… — Scaachi Koul Copy Share Image
“For many years I was the principal companion of my mother. She was a beautiful, talented, morbid person. I think she was… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Women are human beings, and human beings are a very mixed lot. I've always been against the idea that women were Victorian… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Mother Teresa's detractors have accused her of overemphasizing Calcuttans' destitution and of coercing conversion from the defenseless. In the context of lost… — Bharati Mukherjee Copy Share Image
It's such an intimate and profound relationship that it cannot be unconditional. I can only compare the intimacy of sex with the… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
“But this woman was all mother. A stern one, perhaps, and autocratic at times, and somewhat hard--but after all and in spite… — Nancy Byrd Turner Copy Share Image
My mother always told me that came first. I started modeling in 11th grade and it was something that I did after… — Tyra Banks Copy Share Image
I just want people to understand that regardless of what it is that you do - whether you're a teacher, whether you… — Nafessa Williams Copy Share Image
In North Korea, we never learned to think critically. There is no concept of individualism. The government treated us as less valuable… — Park Yeon-mi Copy Share Image
Oh, God, Shannon. You're blowing my mind." Clint's morning voice was rich with passion. I wanted to correct him and explain that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What is a normal child like? Does he just eat and grow and smile sweetly? No, that is not what he is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“If only I had a mother, the way the ancients had. I mean my own mother. And if for her I could… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
“Everybody knows that a good mother gives her children a feeling of trust and stability. She is their earth. She is the… — Katharine Butler Hathaway Copy Share Image
“when my mother was pregnant with her second child i was four i pointed at her swollen belly confused at how my… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
I don't join the New Atheists. So, for example, I wouldn't have the arrogance to lecture some mother who hopes to see… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“I remind mothers everywhere of the sanctity of your calling. No other can adequately take your place. No responsibility is greater, no… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
Women are smarter by basic instinct and by what we have to do to multitask at home and at work. My mother… — Mireille Guiliano Copy Share Image
“Only one option remains: repeat the story I told Daniel all those years ago, keep telling him I am his mother. You… — Maggie James Copy Share Image
When I was young, my mother said to me, 'Momma loves her little son.' Now, this tender endearment holds a firm meaning… — John Carter Cash Copy Share Image
“What do you know about somebody not being good enough for somebody else? And since when did you care whether Corinthians stood… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Freedom is on the march in this world. I believe everybody in the Middle East desires to live in freedom. I believe… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
You know that I love you." And despite herself, Coraline nodded. It was true. The other mother loved her. But she loved… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I love my mother for all the times she said absolutely nothing… Thinking back on it all, it must have been the… — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
In a famous Middletown study of Muncie, Indiana, in 1924, mothers were asked to rank the qualities they most desire in their… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
My mom and I were super tight. I think she really wanted me to be an artist, you know? She used to… — Harry Connick, Jr Copy Share Image
