Motherhood brought me even closer to my own mother - I realised everything she'd been through. — Amanda Redman Copy Share Image
The world is full of women blindsided by the unceasing demands of motherhood, still flabbergasted by how a job can be terrific… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“The Mother of God is asked to 'pray zealously to her Son and her God,' and the words of the psalm are… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
I don't want to let my life as a woman pass me by. There's a time to work, there's a time to… — Diane Kruger Copy Share Image
She was the archetypal selfless mother: living only for her children, sheltering them from the consequences of their actions - and in… — Marcia Muller Copy Share Image
“There is also the ceaseless outpouring of books on toilet training, separating one sibling's fist from another sibling's eye socket, expressing breast… — Susan J. Douglas Copy Share Image
The joy in motherhood comes in moments. There will be hard times and frustrating times, but amid the challenges there are shining… — M. Russell Ballard Copy Share Image
The kind of power mothers have is enormous. Take the skyline of Istanbul - enormous breasts, pathetic little willies, a final revenge… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
Aborting my baby is the most serious of the many maternal crimes I tally in my head when I am at my… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
Like the Sweetness of Gardenias Mother, you died 15 years ago. pain, a rapier, cut until, finally, there was just peace like… — Wallace Stevens Copy Share Image
“God gives us these raw, little people, and we have to form them and mold them and teach them how to operate… — Melanie Shankle Copy Share Image
She became politically conscious thanks to Studs Terkel and the radio. She started reading all the books we brought home from college… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
“When the whole world made me think that, I can't do it, Thanks for making me, believe that, I can do it.” — Luffina Lourduraj Copy Share Image
“The beauty of the sea is that it never shows any weakness and never tires of the countless souls that unleash their… — Zeina Kassem Copy Share Image
It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in visible and tangible fashion; it is a… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
I didn't wander into motherhood or nonmotherhood unconsciously, recklessly. I gave it due consideration. — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
Know that every mother occasionally feels "at the end of her rope." When you reach the end of your rope, don't add… — Heather King Copy Share Image
“It was Serena who'd said that motherhood was much too hard and, when you got right down to it, perhaps not worth… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
“Her time has come," answered Miss Lizzie. "That's why I didn't marry Harvey - long ago when he asked me. I was… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
Feminists have emphasized for a long time the importance of each woman's individual entity and the necessity of economic independence. Perhaps it… — Dora Russell Copy Share Image
Motherhood is a great honor and privilege, yet it is also synonymous with servanthood. Every day women are called upon to selflessly… — Charles Stanley Copy Share Image
We just can't let the Lord down. And if the day comes when we are the only women on earth who find… — Sheri L. Dew Copy Share Image
My mother was given to a typical question: "We have always done this. Why should we do anything else?" But my wife's… — John D. Rockefeller Copy Share Image
