Some women just aren’t cut out to be mothers, and unfortunately it had taken Susanna three kids to realize she was one… — Kelley Armstrong Copy Share Image
“I suppose the mothers of most twelve-year-old boys live with the uneasy conviction that their sons are embarked upon a secret life… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
I just think some women aren't made to be mothers. And some women aren't made to be daughters. — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“What their scorned, over-fucked mothers never teach them is this: men can be hurt, too.” — Darnell Lamont Walker Copy Share Image
Mothers are like glue. Even when you can't see them, they're still holding the family together. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In a perfect world, mothers would remind their daughters each morning of how beautiful their strong noses are, or how special their… — Bobbi Brown Copy Share Image
Working mothers are guinea pigs in a scientific experiment to show that sleep is not necessary to human life. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Happy Mothers Day to the mother's to be, the mother's that are, the father's who are mother's and the mother's no longer… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“In truth, it was also by design: as much as I loved my mother, she wasn't often the person I sought for… — Alena Graedon Copy Share Image
If birth matters, midwives matter. In Europe, there are hospitals where the cesarean rate is less than 10%, and you'll find midwives… — Ina May Gaskin Copy Share Image
“If a mother has eight children, there are eight mothers. This is not simply because of the fact that the mother was… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
“The children we bring into the world are small replicas of ourselves and our husbands; the pride and joy of grandfathers and… — Azelene Williams Copy Share Image
Mothers were much too sharp. They were like dogs. Buster always sensed when anything was out of the ordinary, and so did… — Enid Blyton Copy Share Image
“I always feel sad for the girl that I was, because it never occurred to me that my mother might comfort me.… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
For so many career women who are also mothers, our own well-being comes last. But when you take the time to make… — Stephanie Ruhle Copy Share Image
I believe that bringing a life into this world is the single most important thing a person can undertake, and it can… — Gisele Bundchen Copy Share Image
“Ma was heavy, but not fat; thick with child-bearing and work. She wore a loose Mother Hubbard of gray cloth in which… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“When Jordan was a baby he sat on top of me much as a fly rests on a hill of dung. And… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
“Is Lisa going to the prom?" I shelved my worries for the moment. "I don't know, Mom. We don't talk about the… — Rosemary Clement-Moore Copy Share Image
Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason, and those of us who are mothers know it's the most… — Maggie Gallagher Copy Share Image
In Sweden, we've moved away from the notion that mothers have some magical, special bond with children. — Camilla Lackberg Copy Share Image
It is true that all mothers do things differently from their own mothers, but they don't necessarily do them better. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
Great mothers bring the arms of comfort to an insecure child in a world of uncertainty. — Reed Markham Copy Share Image
Most mothers think that to keep young people away from love-making it is enough never to speak of it in their presence. — Madame de La Fayette Copy Share Image
“The woman looked out at the madness of the world and dared to hope. Her eyes were burning coals of stars.” — Rivera Sun Copy Share Image
Only mothers can make a child melt in her arms admiring appreciating with hugs and kisses. — Kishore Bansal Copy Share Image
“Motherhood is when eating chicken soup; the kids get the chicken and you get the soup and you would still feel happily… — Sandra Chami Kassis Copy Share Image
The Clan Mothers ran everything and had the last word. I think that's the answer. — Floyd Red Crow Westerman Copy Share Image
Women who become mothers are policed and regulated during pregnancy, forced to give up so much - work and ambition, often. — Ulrika Jonsson Copy Share Image
She taught me what's important, and what isn't. And I've never forgotten. And that's what mothers do, I say. — Steven Herrick Copy Share Image
A woman will always be made to feel like a criminal, whatever choice she makes, however hard she tries. Mothers feel like… — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
Fathers. Mothers. With all their caring and attention. They will f--- you up, every time. — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
He who loses his mother loses a pure soul who blesses and guards him constantly. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have soooo much respect for young mothers who have a job, go to school, and take care of there kids! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm the father of three daughters, and they're all highly trained professionals. Two of them are mothers, and the other one wants… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
I'm blessed to have a mother who loves her children more than she loves herself and that will never change. That's called… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Mothers were naturals for law enforcement, because toddlers, like criminals, were often belligerent and destructive.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Investing in girls can actually move the needle in communities... and can actually benefit boys, because girls are the mothers of boys. — Soledad O'Brien Copy Share Image
How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
The most common reason new mothers return to work sooner than they'd like to is because they can't afford to go without… — Alexa Von Tobel Copy Share Image
