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I have never had parents who set good examples, parents whose expectations were worth living up to, but she did. I can see them…

— Veronica Roth

My mother was very strict, and though I was reserved, I did give in to certain demands of my age, like sneaking out of…

— Naga Chaitanya

“Did your parents spoil you when you were small, Miss Burchill?’ ‘No,’ I said. ‘No, I don’t think they did.’ ‘I don’t think they…

— Kate Morton

Women hand sight down through the generations. Mother to daughter.

— Jewell Parker Rhodes

It's traditional for an heiress to be raised in a sheltered way. No one thinks that's true of me, but it actually was.

— Paris Hilton

“but her style of parenting was predicated on hoping for things over which she had little or no control.”

— Dave Eggers

She wondered if this was true of every parent: if, prior to having children, they all used to be someone else.

— Jodi Picoult

Some mothers in today's world feel "cumbered" by home duties and are thus attracted by other more "romantic" challenges. Such women could make the…

— Neal A. Maxwell

Wise children always choose a mother who was a shocking flirt in her maiden days, and so had several offers before she accepted their…

— James M. Barrie

There was a certain power beautiful mothers held over their less beautiful daughters.

— Sarah Addison Allen

Ideas about mothers have swung historically with the roles of women. When women were needed to work the fields or shops, experts claimed that…

— Sandra Scarr

My mother was pretty strict. I hated it, but maybe it made me a bit more sensible.

— Mark Ronson