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Mother Quotes by James M. Barrie
- The praise that comes of love does not make us vain, but humble rather. Knowing what we are, the pride that shines in our mother's…
- Wise children always choose a mother who was a shocking flirt in her maiden days, and so had several offers before she accepted their fortunate…
- For when you looked into my mother's eyes you knew, as if He had told you, why God sent her into the world - it…
- Can anything harm us, mother, after the night-lights are lit?" Nothing, precious," she said; "they are the eyes a mother leaves behind her to guard…
- Don't have a mother,' he said. Not only had he no mother, but he had not the slightest desire to have one. He thought them…
- Why can't you fly now, mother?" "Because I am grown up, dearest. When people grow up they forget the way." "Why do they forget the…
- Our heroine knew that the mother would always leave the window open for her children to fly back by; so they stayed away for years…
- I wasn't crying about mothers," he said rather indignantly. "I was crying because I can't get my shadow to stick on. Besides, I wasn't crying.
- All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this. One day when she…
- The door', replied Maimie, 'will always, always be open, and mother will always be waiting at it for me.
- They knew in what they called their hearts that one can get on quite well without a mother, and that it is only the mothers…
- Mr. Darling used to boast to Wendy that her mother not only loved him but respected him. He was one of those deep ones who…
- When ladies used to come to me in dreams, I said, 'Pretty mother, pretty mother.' But when at last she really came, I shot her.
- Fame is rot; daughters are the thing.
More Mother Quotes
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know. — J. J. Abrams
- My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts; my father was an evangelist,… — Chinua Achebe
- Because I am a mother, I am capable of being shocked: as I never was when I was not one. — Margaret Atwood
- Their mothers had finally caught up to them and been proven right. There were consequences after all but they were the consequences… — Margaret Atwood
- Poverty is the mother of crime. — Marcus Aurelius
- Those of us who can remember our childhoods will recall how ardently we relished the moment of the bedtime story, when our… — Paul Auster
- My mother always said I must be part Mongolian because of my lotus-pale complexion and squid-ink black hair. — Diane Ackerman
- It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the midst of… — Teresa of Avila
- I had a father and mother, who were devout and feared God. Our Lord also helped me with His grace. All this… — Teresa of Avila
- There's huge, massive mother ships going up to the Yukon. They've been filmed and are on video. — Dan Aykroyd
- My parents were divorced when I was a young teenager, and I was raised by a single mother after that. So, I… — Michele Bachmann