--- title: "16 Motherless Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 16 Motherless quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Motherless sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa2/tahereh-mafi-229_goat_son-of-a-motherless-goat-2584711_2584711.png" --- > [“Son of a motherless goat!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tahereh-mafi/son-of-a-motherless-goat/) [Tahereh Mafi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tahereh-mafi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa2/tahereh-mafi-229_goat_son-of-a-motherless-goat-2584711_2584711.png) > [Shut up, you motherless whore! -Scottie King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-descendants/shut-up-you-motherless-whore-scottie-king/) [The Descendants](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-descendants/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b0/the-descendants-26474_whore_shut-up-you-motherless-whore-scottie-kin_2598919.jpg) > [“motherless mothers with their skinless mysteries.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-o-brien/motherless-mothers-with-their-skinless-mysteries/) [Edna O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edna-o-brien/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e92/edna-o-brien-2155_mother_motherless-mothers-with-their-skinless-m_2304063.png) > [The longer one lives in this hard world motherless, the more a mother's loss makes itself felt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-welsh-carlyle/the-longer-one-lives-in-this-hard-world-motherless-the-more-a-mother/) [Jane Welsh Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-welsh-carlyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/753/jane-welsh-carlyle-13856_death_the-longer-one-lives-in-this-hard-world_1227243.jpg) > [“Motherless children have a hard time when the mother is gone.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wally-lamb/motherless-children-have-a-hard-time-when-the-mother-is-gone/) [Wally Lamb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wally-lamb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a86/wally-lamb-1817_children_motherless-children-have-a-hard-time-whe_2330852.png) > [“It's a strange thing being suddenly motherless. It's like losing a rudder that was keeping me on course.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/it-s-a-strange-thing-being-suddenly-motherless-it-s-like-losing-a/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cca/jodi-picoult-45_quote_it-s-a-strange-thing-being-suddenly-moth_1550451.jpg) > [“Motherless children have a hard time when the mother is gone. That”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wally-lamb/motherless-children-have-a-hard-time-when-the-mother-is-gone-that/) [Wally Lamb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wally-lamb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea8/wally-lamb-1817_children_motherless-children-have-a-hard-time-whe_1994697.png) > [“He was, after all, a motherless bastard who wouldn’t hesitate to lay an attacker low.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherrilyn-kenyon/he-was-after-all-a-motherless-bastard-who-wouldn-t-hesitate-to-lay-an/) [Sherrilyn Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherrilyn-kenyon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/732/sherrilyn-kenyon-25_bastard-wouldn_he-was-after-all-a-motherless-bastard-wh_650537.jpg) > [“It is a strange thing, being suddenly motherless. It’s like losing a rudder that was keeping me on course, one that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/it-is-a-strange-thing-being-suddenly-motherless-it-s-like-losing-a/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b8/jodi-picoult-45_psychology_it-is-a-strange-thing-being-suddenly-mot_376020.jpg) > [“You should beware of motherless children. They will eat you alive. You will never be loved by anyone the way that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-o-neill/you-should-beware-of-motherless-children-they-will-eat-you-alive-you/) [Heather O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-o-neill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c2/heather-o-neill-4972_children_you-should-beware-of-motherless-children_1730239.png) > [There's this idea that at the lowest rungs of the social ladder in an African family is a childless woman - and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayobami-adebayo/there-s-this-idea-that-at-the-lowest-rungs-of-the-social-ladder-in-an/) [Ayobami Adebayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayobami-adebayo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94d/ayobami-adebayo-19153_childless_there-s-this-idea-that-at-the-lowest-run_1947725.jpg) > [“It is a strange thing, being suddenly motherless. It’s like losing a rudder that was keeping me on course, one that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/it-is-a-strange-thing-being-suddenly-motherless-it-s-like-losing-a-3/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f5/jodi-picoult-45_psychology_it-is-a-strange-thing-being-suddenly-mot_2618651.jpg) > [“The only way to save them is to immediately sever them from the place where they are born. Otherwise they will always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwidge-danticat/the-only-way-to-save-them-is-to-immediately-sever-them-from-the-place/) [Edwidge Danticat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwidge-danticat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/167/edwidge-danticat-2559_mothers_the-only-way-to-save-them-is-to-immediat_2348956.png) > [“It is a strange thing, being suddenly motherless. It’s like losing a rudder that was keeping me on course, one that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/it-is-a-strange-thing-being-suddenly-motherless-it-s-like-losing-a-2/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac3/jodi-picoult-45_psychology_it-is-a-strange-thing-being-suddenly-mot_2078171.jpg) > [“Okay, Troy...you're right. I'll take care of your baby for you...cause...like you say...she's innocent...and you can't visit the sins of the father…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-wilson/okay-troy-you-re-right-i-ll-take-care-of-your-baby-for-you-cause-like/) [August Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a2/august-wilson-3646_children_okay-troy-you-re-right-i-ll-take-care-of_967976.png) > [“Her death had obliterated that. It had obliterated me. It had cut me short at the very height of my youthful arrogance.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cheryl-strayed/her-death-had-obliterated-that-it-had-obliterated-me-it-had-cut-me/) [Cheryl Strayed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cheryl-strayed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/217/cheryl-strayed-605_children_her-death-had-obliterated-that-it-had-ob_1930978.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/motherless/#itemlist", "name": "Motherless Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Son of a motherless goat!”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tahereh Mafi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tahereh-mafi/son-of-a-motherless-goat/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa2/tahereh-mafi-229_goat_son-of-a-motherless-goat-2584711_2584711.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa2/tahereh-mafi-229_goat_son-of-a-motherless-goat-2584711_2584711.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa2/tahereh-mafi-229_goat_son-of-a-motherless-goat-2584711_2584711.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Son of a motherless goat!” — Tahereh Mafi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Shut up, you motherless whore! 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