Bad mother Quote by Betty Smith Download Open image “Is it not so that a son what is bad to his mother is bad to his wife?” — Betty Smith ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bad mother Bad Wife Marriage Mother Mother Bad Parenting Son Wife
When a son is good to his mother naturally he will be good to his life partner and to his next generation also. — Subrata Copy Share Image
Sometimes there's a very special relationship between a mother and her son. — Albert II, Prince of Monaco Copy Share Image
He is a poor son whose sonship does not make him desire to serve all men's mothers. — Harry Emerson Fosdick Copy Share Image
It's always the mother's fault, ain't it?" she said softly, collecting her coat. "That boy turn out bad cause his mama a drunk, or… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Most mothers think they are bad mothers. We all make terrible mistakes, often, and always think we're getting it wrong. — Essie Davis Copy Share Image
“In addition to withholding love and attention and thereby frustrating her son, a cold, rejecting mother will often punish him for his normal needs… — Susan Forward Copy Share Image
“Yes, when I get big and have my own home, no plush chairs and lace curtains for me. And no rubber plants. I'll have… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“Several times that day, the name or thought of Papa had come up. And each time, Francie had felt a flash of tenderness instead… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
As long as one can suffer, one is living…live and suffer until life is gone. — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“Sissy told them they were way behind the times; that midwives were things of the past. Besides, she informed them proudly, she had no… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“Why, Mrs McGarrity's all right. Mr McGarrity's all right, too. Only I guess they aren't all right to each other.” — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“I drink because I don't stand a chance and I know it. I couldn't drive a truck and I couldn't get on the cops… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“Pipe dreams, he thought to himself, even while he was telling her about his dream winnings. But oh, how wonderful, he thought, if everything… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“Who wants to die? Everything struggles to live. Look at that tree growing up there out of that grating. It gets no sun, and… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“She sat in the sunshine watching the life on the street and guarding within herself, her own mystery of life.” — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
...the reading, the observing, the living from day to day. It was something that had been born into her and her only - the… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
People always think that happiness is a faraway thing … something complicated and hard to get. Yet, what little things can make it up. — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
As a boy, when I was bad, my mother would chew me out in Spanish. And since I was bad a lot, I learned… — John Sununu Copy Share Image
“I didn't feel like a slut, a bad mother, a terrible person. I didn't worry about my nudity or if he liked what I… — Kristen Ashley Copy Share Image
“As a teenager, he made screaming noises at night in his room, like a deranged person. He threw his electrical pencil sharpener at the… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
“Admitting that this job isn’t always easy doesn’t make somebody a bad mother. At least, it shouldn’t. We’re all on this ride together. We… — Jill Smokler Copy Share Image
“Even if I’m setting myself up for failure, I think it’s worth trying to be a mother who delights in who her children are,… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
And that's the insult of it, how always it comes back to a woman being a "good" mother in the world's eyes or a… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Say what you mean to your children and mean exactly what you say about them to the world while keeping in mind they are… — Fay Pickett Copy Share Image
I think that an author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother who talks about her own children. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
“Social expectations about what constitutes a good or a bad mother haunt every decision, and the rise of the parental advice industry ensures that… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
Good mothers make all kinds of choices. Making a decision that might sound selfish does not make a woman a bad mother. — Jada Pinkett Smith Copy Share Image
In reality the world is as full of bad mothers as it is of bad fathers, and it is not the motherless children who… — Louis de Bernieres Copy Share Image
Around a third of parents still worry that they will look like a bad mother or father if their child has a mental health… — Kate Middleton Copy Share Image
