--- title: "11 Stories Mother Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 11 Stories Mother quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Stories Mother sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45f/mitch-albom-187_life_but-behind-all-your-stories-is-always-yo_1225708.png" --- > [“But behind all your stories is always your mother's story, because hers is where yours begins.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/but-behind-all-your-stories-is-always-your-mother-s-story-because/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45f/mitch-albom-187_life_but-behind-all-your-stories-is-always-yo_1225708.png) > [I never saw any of my dad's stories. My mother said he had piles and piles of manuscripts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/i-never-saw-any-of-my-dad-s-stories-my-mother-said-he-had-piles-and/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf3/stephen-king-13_dad_i-never-saw-any-of-my-dad-s-stories-my-m_2060584.jpg) > [“Behind all your stories is always your mother's story. Because hers is where yours begin.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/behind-all-your-stories-is-always-your-mother-s-story-because-hers-is/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6e/mitch-albom-187_love_behind-all-your-stories-is-always-your-m_2479148.png) > [There's a story behind everything..but behind all your stories is always your mother's story..because hers is where yours begins.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/there-s-a-story-behind-everything-but-behind-all-your-stories-is/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e34/mitch-albom-187_behinds_there-s-a-story-behind-everything-but-be_2274914.png) > [“But the best stories were about their mother, how her hair was as red as blood, how she had seventy-four freckles on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-hoffman/but-the-best-stories-were-about-their-mother-how-her-hair-was-as-red/) [Alice Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-hoffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/997/alice-hoffman-427_children_but-the-best-stories-were-about-their-mo_164176.png) > [I heard stories from my mother's mother who was an American Indian. She was spiritual, although she did not go to church,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-turner/i-heard-stories-from-my-mother-s-mother-who-was-an-american-indian/) [Tina Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-turner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d5/tina-turner-6826_church_i-heard-stories-from-my-mother-s-mother_2711527.jpg) > [But there's a story behind everything. How a picture got on a wall. How a scar got on your face. Sometimes the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/but-there-s-a-story-behind-everything-how-a-picture-got-on-a-wall-how/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/793/mitch-albom-187_behinds_but-there-s-a-story-behind-everything-ho_2482606.jpg) > [I started writing when I was 5 years old. I would dictate stories to my mother, and she would copy them in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/i-started-writing-when-i-was-5-years-old-i-would-dictate-stories-to/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a75/tom-robbins-169_changed_i-started-writing-when-i-was-5-years-old_2381670.jpg) > [I think I have always wanted to tell stories. My mother was the real catalyst. I kept talking about it and so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-smith/i-think-i-have-always-wanted-to-tell-stories-my-mother-was-the-real/) [Kim Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/415/kim-smith-25299_catalyst_i-think-i-have-always-wanted-to-tell-sto_2528231.jpg) > [I've heard stories of other people that are similar stories to me - their mother or father passing away. People have come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amber-mark/i-ve-heard-stories-of-other-people-that-are-similar-stories-to-me/) [Amber Mark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amber-mark/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eba/amber-mark-17427_amazing_i-ve-heard-stories-of-other-people-that_3214399.jpg) > [ I loved \[fairy stories\] so, and my mother weighed down by grief had given up telling me them. At Nohant I found… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sand/i-loved-fairy-stories-so-and-my-mother-weighed-down-by-grief-had/) [George Sand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-sand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4a/george-sand-1753_chiefs_i-loved-fairy-stories-so-and-my-mother-w_1388127.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stories-mother/#itemlist", "name": "Stories Mother Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“But behind all your stories is always your mother's story, because hers is where yours begins.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mitch Albom" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/but-behind-all-your-stories-is-always-your-mother-s-story-because/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45f/mitch-albom-187_life_but-behind-all-your-stories-is-always-yo_1225708.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45f/mitch-albom-187_life_but-behind-all-your-stories-is-always-yo_1225708.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45f/mitch-albom-187_life_but-behind-all-your-stories-is-always-yo_1225708.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“But behind all your stories is always your mother's story, because hers is where yours begins.” — Mitch Albom", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I never saw any of my dad's stories. 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At Nohant I found Mmes. d'Ardony's and Perrault's tales in old editions which became my chief joy for five or six years ... 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