--- title: "7 Thinking Mother Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Thinking Mother quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Thinking Mother sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/657/joan-chen-13493_education_there-is-no-theoretical-study-of-motherh_273443.png" --- > [There is no theoretical study of motherhood. You know, before I became a mother, I did play a mother, but I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-chen/there-is-no-theoretical-study-of-motherhood-you-know-before-i-became/) [Joan Chen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-chen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/657/joan-chen-13493_education_there-is-no-theoretical-study-of-motherh_273443.png) > [“And I'd started thinking about my mother's last weeks--the way she'd drifted listlessly about the house in her dressing gown, cigarettes in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-davis/and-i-d-started-thinking-about-my-mother-s-last-weeks-the-way-she-d/) [Anna Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-davis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc0/anna-davis-106496_mother_and-i-d-started-thinking-about-my-mother_369242.jpg) > [“... she looked at the sky and wondered where her baby’s soul was now: was it following her, or floating aloft yonder…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anton-chekhov/she-looked-at-the-sky-and-wondered-where-her-baby-s-soul-was-now-was/) [Anton Chekhov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anton-chekhov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75e/anton-chekhov-298_quote_she-looked-at-the-sky-and-wondered-where_446487.jpg) > [What brings me the most joy is stories about progressive thinking. When a mother or father accepts their child for whoever they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jinkx-monsoon/what-brings-me-the-most-joy-is-stories-about-progressive-thinking/) [Jinkx Monsoon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jinkx-monsoon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/932/jinkx-monsoon-4391_accepting_what-brings-me-the-most-joy-is-stories-a_1291265.png) > [I was thinking about my mother instead of skiing. It was my first Christmas without her. I was having a big-time blah.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-danza/i-was-thinking-about-my-mother-instead-of-skiing-it-was-my-first/) [Tony Danza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-danza/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ad/tony-danza-13735_christmas_i-was-thinking-about-my-mother-instead-o_1619920.png) > [I was really drawn to thinking about the women in my life. Thinking about my mother, who's a very powerful force on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/i-was-really-drawn-to-thinking-about-the-women-in-my-life-thinking/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1de/junot-diaz-531_force_i-was-really-drawn-to-thinking-about-the_2191237.jpg) > [“I wonder what my baby is thinking at this moment," he called, rubbing his stomach with his hands. What I was thinking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wally-lamb/i-wonder-what-my-baby-is-thinking-at-this-moment-he-called-rubbing/) [Wally Lamb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wally-lamb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f87/wally-lamb-1817_humor_i-wonder-what-my-baby-is-thinking-at-thi_2356924.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking-mother/#itemlist", "name": "Thinking Mother Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is no theoretical study of motherhood. You know, before I became a mother, I did play a mother, but I was like - I was more thinking of my own mother. 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