“Only mothers can’t say they don’t want their children and just go away.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Mothers show their daughters how to become strong, fathers make them” — Rafia Shujaat Copy Share Image
“I got almost eighteen years with you. The best eighteen years of my life.” — Kristen Simmons Copy Share Image
“Be careful how you say your own mother’s name; How you articulate your blood.” — Nkateko Masinga Copy Share Image
“We are God's chosen people. We are God's treasured possession. Let us rise in mighty strength to possess our rightful places as… — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
“Youth isn't all it's cracked up to be either." "Then you're doing it wrong.” — Rachel Hauck Copy Share Image
“Fat daughters and their thin mothers have especially complicated relationships.” — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“Mommies are ineffable, their prayers the driving force beneath our wings; their discipline, the magnet for honor—irreplaceable love!” — Henrietta Newton Martin, Author- The Greatest of All Romances, Your Potters Call Copy Share Image
“Having a little girl has been like following an old treasure map with the important paths torn away.” — Heather Gudenkauf Copy Share Image
“The bride's getting ready to toss her bouquet, so get me up there! Mom said the day after she turned 96.” — June Shaw Copy Share Image
“Mother-daughter disagreements were, in hindsight, basically mother stating the truth and daughter taking her own sweet time coming around.” — Barbara Delinsky Copy Share Image
“There is not enough air in the room for Marianne and Elizabeth to share. They have learned this the hard way, but… — Jessica Shattuck Copy Share Image
“Help me, Mother,' Peggy said, and tears came to her eyes as they always did when she spoke to her, because she… — Peggielene Bartels and Eleanor Herman Copy Share Image
“If it is your fault that your mother is miserable, it becomes a potentially fixable affront. Taking blame means that at least… — Victoria Secunda Copy Share Image
“But I wanted to cook. I needed to cook. Mom had raised me with the implicit understanding that cooking is the answer… — Sasha Martin Copy Share Image
“She put on some music. Drum and flute, I think. She played it soft, because it was dreadfully late, a time when… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
“I know there’s something troubling you. I’m not going to ask what it is, if you don’t want to tell me. But… — Erin Hunter Copy Share Image
“Papi, I don't know what to do anymore." Lourdes begins to cry. "No matter what I do, Pilar hates me." "Pilar doesn't… — Cristina García Copy Share Image
“Coming home seemed to have started the healing process. No longer vivid and garish, the memories seemed to be covered in gossemer,… — Karen Fowler Copy Share Image
“Oh here's a nice one, he brown recluse spider. This once resides in wooded areas. In other words, next to my head… — Yvonne Prinz Copy Share Image
“What kind of woman tells all her secrets?” my mother continued, flabbergasted and disappointed in me. “Especially anything that has to do… — Inna Swinton Copy Share Image
“These stories had intrigued her with their strange mix of violence and love, so unlike the distant, passionless affection of her own… — Shannon Hale Copy Share Image
“Tu ni životinje ne bi napravile dom gdje se svijaju te sitne žene, naše pretkinje, kojima niko ne pamti imena, čak ni… — Tanja Stupar Trifunović Copy Share Image
“Look, you had it easier than me,' she says. 'You think Nana and Papa were busy supporting women's rights? No, they wanted… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
“Bela had thought she knew what love felt like, but when she saw Sanjay at the airport after six long months, her… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
“My mother is a certainty. I can count on the watercolour pain in her voice when she calls to say she hasn't… — Trevor Cole Copy Share Image
“After a long while, the giant forest turned into a clearing. Up ahead, a large waterfall rushed into a giant pool. Rippling… — Valerie Dunsmore Copy Share Image
“Doing a geographic” is a term alcoholics often use for acting on the impulse to start over by moving to a new… — Katie Hafner Copy Share Image
“love. she liberated me to life, she continued to do that. and when she was in her final sickness i went out… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“MOTHER IS WATER I wish I could Shower your head with flowers And anoint your feet with my tears, For I know… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
“Are they happy at all, ever?" "No", my mother says. "I don't know if they'll survive this." "That's terrible," I say. "It's… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
“I usually enjoy setting up a new kitchen, but this has become a joyless and highly charged task. My mother and I… — Katie Hafner Copy Share Image
“One morning as I was leaving, the director said I didn't have to leave the set anymore. What happened? Why did they… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“As a mother I see the future in the present. Every little thing she does or says makes me form a hypothesis… — Kimberley Alecia Smith Copy Share Image
“ MY MOTHER GETS DRESSED It is impossible for my mother to do even the simplest things for herself anymore so we… — Daphne Gottlieb Copy Share Image
“Ah, how quickly the hands on the clock circle toward the future we thought was far away! And how soon we become… — Peggy Toney Horton Copy Share Image
