Babe Quote by Clarence Day

“In the love of a brave and faithful man there is always a strain of maternal tenderness; he gives out again those beams of…

— George Eliot

They were partners. She would always make impulsive decisions and he would make slow, reasoned ones. He would always be a little terrified that…

— Eloisa James

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart.

— Henry Ward Beecher

“Motherhood isn't soft and cozy and sweet; it's selfish ferocity, red in tooth and claw.”

— Rosamund Lupton

...to many a mother's heart has come the disappointment of a loss of power, a limitation of influence when early manhood takes the boy…

— Judith Ellen Foster

He didn't realize that love as powerful as your mother's for you leaves its own mark.

— Anonymous

“Authors often say that their novels are like their children, and you want your novel, just like your children, to reflect well on you.…

— Howard Mittelmark

“A love as tender as that of a lover for his mistress dwells, undoubtedly, in some paternal hearts toward a son.”

— Alexandre Dumas

“He'd wanted to take her dirty and take her sweet, take her any way he could get her and every way he could dream…

— Tara Janzen

Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really affectionate mother

— William Somerset Maugham

“Mother's intentions were always sound, never muddy; I don't imagine that she troubled herself to feel very guilty. But the Rev. Mr. Merrill was…

— John Irving

“He doesn't object to her sexualization, he just wants to be in control of it, and he wants it oriented towards his gratification. His…

— Lundy Bancroft