“KINGDOM OF THE WOMB From her thighs, she gives you life And how you treat she who gives you life Shows how… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
“She caught herself working so hard at mothering that she forgot to enjoy her children. -from ~Homecoming Season~” — Susan Wiggs Copy Share Image
My mom is my hero. [She] inspired me to dream when I was a kid, so anytime anyone inspires you to dream,… — Tim McGraw Copy Share Image
Mothering/nurturing is a vital force and process establishing relationships throughout the universe. — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
Of course, a woman's choice to go out into the world is a very significant thing. But part of real liberation is… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
My mother wanted me to be her wings, to fly as she never quite had the courage to do. I love her… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
As motherhood as a "private enterprise" declines and more mothers rely on the work of lower-paid specialists, the value accorded the work… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
“Mothering or nurturing is not just a calling for women who have biological or adopted children. Mothering is a calling for all… — Gloria Furman Copy Share Image
“All infants and children require and deserve comfort in order to develop properly. Soft cooing voices, gentle touch, smiles, cleanliness, and wholesome… — Alexandra Katehakis Copy Share Image
Even after the mothering dropped because my son grew up, the writing - the muse - was always the third wheel, the… — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
Yes, I'm writing about motherhood, but I bristle a little bit, especially living with someone whose parenting falls between the cracks of… — Maggie Nelson Copy Share Image
“florens would sigh then, her head on lina's shoulder and when sleep came the little girl's smiel lingered. mother hunger – to… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Experience of the phenomenal capacity of our birthing body can give us an enduring sense of our own power as women. Birth… — Sarah J. Buckley Copy Share Image
“Mothering Oxymoron: Reminding the kids to not talk with food in their mouths, yet I have food in my mouth while trying… — Mommy Moo Moo Copy Share Image
Fashions change, and with the new psychoanalytical perspective of the postwar period [WWII], child rearing became enshrined as thespecial responsibility of mothersany… — Sylvia Ann Hewlett Copy Share Image
So much of my sense of who I am is tied to mothering. When they left home, I fell into a huge,… — Jessica Lange Copy Share Image
“I’m not going to hide away and leave my friends to the corelings!” she shouted. “We’ll find a way to ward the… — Peter V. Brett Copy Share Image
“I've learned that instead of sending him to time out for melting down on the ball field, what he really needs is… — Maralise Andersen Copy Share Image
I cannot forget my mother. [S]he is my bridge. When I needed to get across, she steadied herself long enough for me… — Renita J. Weems Copy Share Image
I am realizing once and for all the difference as far as I am concerned of women and men and the necessity… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
Being a mother means that your heart is no longer yours; it wanders wherever your children do — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
A mother's love is something that no one can explain — It is made of deep devotion and of sacrifice and pain.… — Helen Steiner Rice Copy Share Image
“Mina thought to herself, watching, her momma was the kind of woman she wanted to be, wherever else she got to in… — Cynthia Voigt Copy Share Image
To play down mothering as small is to crack the very foundation on which greatness stands. — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image