“I got almost eighteen years with you. The best eighteen years of my life.” — Kristen Simmons Copy Share Image
“Mothers show their daughters how to become strong, fathers make them” — Rafia Shujaat Copy Share Image
“Only mothers can’t say they don’t want their children and just go away.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Mama once told me before she died that my blonde hair makes the sun go wild with envy.” — Kyle Labe Copy Share Image
“...you are my rainbow to keep. My eyes will always be watching you; never will I lose sight of you.” — Vesna M. Bailey Copy Share Image
“Mothers! They promise you they'll never get married again, and next thing you know you're a bridesmaid.” — Mindy Schanback Copy Share Image
“Jeopardy, Mom! You have got to get on Jeopardy! Seriously! You could marry Alex Trebek! You could be Alex and Alex Trebek!… — Diane L. Randle Copy Share Image
“From that moment, and for the rest of my life, my mother's words--perceptive and many others--have helped me to be the thing… — Karen Swallow Prior Copy Share Image
“Unbelievable! You are unbelievable! First you ruin my life and then you blame it on my period!” — Jane Aire 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
“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
“Because I know my daughter," she said. "And I know very well that the only way to absolutely ensure that she pursues… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“Another reason it's dangerous to acknowledge that you were unloved is that it implies the possibility that your mother may have been… — Victoria Secunda Copy Share Image
A daughter is a mother's gender partner, her closest ally in the family confederacy, an extension of her self. And mothers are… — Victoria Secunda Copy Share Image
“By spending years and years living entirely for yourself, thinking only about yourself, and having responsibility to no one but yourself, you… — Danielle Crittenden Copy Share Image
“Madlen came to sit beside her on the bed. "Lady Queen," she said with her own particular brand of rough gentleness. "It… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
“My mother belonged to that group of low IQ individuals who find everything alarming and believe that raising your voice is the… — Dr Annabelle RC Copy Share Image
“You don't belong here if you are unhappy," she continued. "Your mother makes you hateful, and you make her hateful. It doesn't… — Laura Moriarty Copy Share Image
“Her religious beliefs went first, for all she could ask of a god, or of immortality, was the gift of a place… — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
“In my teens and early twenties, I often went clothes shopping with my mother and I could always see her dismay at… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“The post-divorce lines around Gabby's mouth tugged down her whole face. She suddenly looks older. Older than the image Layla carries in… — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
“Languages for me have a secret venom that every so often foams up and for which there is no antidote. I remember… — Elena Ferrante Copy Share Image
“Mother (fragment) ...You asked me if I would be sad when it happened and I am sad. But the iris I moved… — Ted Kooser Copy Share Image
“You must go further than I did," Nedra said. "You know that." "Further?" "With your life. You must become free." She did… — James Salter Copy Share Image
“I think about following her, but I want to give Zoe a minute alone with her mother. I want them to have… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“If your mother lived your life as though it were her own-never allowing you a moment of stress or frustration, routinely sleeping… — Victoria Secunda Copy Share Image
“The word 'slut' (in patois) was repeated over and over, until suddenly I felt as if I were drowning in a well… — Jamaica Kincaid 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
“Through the trees there was a motion, a person walking on the road. Isabelle watched as the girl - it was Amy… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share Image
“When I was five and Sarah seven, my mother went on a trip. She was gone from our home in Rochester, New… — Katie Hafner 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
“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
“The Dieter's Daughter Mom's got this taco guy's poem taped to the fridge, some ode to celery, which she is always eating.… — Anita Endrezze Copy Share Image
“Eleanor unpacked the picnic basket and spread Mrs. Stevenson's goodies across it. As the sun rose higher in the sky, the four… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
“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
“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
