Parenting Quote by David Sedaris

“My mother despises what can never truly be done so she does not care for cooking or cleaning.”

— Faith Shearin

“I don't think she [Mother] likes doing the laundry," I said. It was actually the first time in my life that I'd really thought…

— Don Lemna

“There is simply no way to get something clean without getting something else dirty.”

— Ashwin Sanghi

“She has drudge written all over her. She probably stares at the ceiling, things about mopping the floor.”

— Margaret Atwood

“But he knew I wouldn't do that. He knew I wouldn't ask Mom for anything I didn't really, really need. We both tried to…

— Ally Condie

“Your mother doesn’t make mistakes.” I hear her blow out the smoke. “Baby, I know what I’m doing.”

— Holly Black

“For example, when Seymour told one of the twins or Zooey or Franny or even Mme. Boo Boo (who was only two years younger…

— J.D. Salinger

“If he looks at me like that again Dottie will need a bucket and mop to get me back to my room.”

— Gwenn Wright

“There is filth on the floor, and it must be scraped up with the muck-rake.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

“From diapers on, I felt like there was something not good about me, but it was invisible to everybody but my mother. And whenever…

— Jerry Stahl

“As I once told your mother, I do not accept trying. Trying is not good enough. Change. You can.”

— Jane Lark

“Just remember, your mother doesn't let things happen to her. When something tries to ruin her life, she drags it into the street.”

— Kiera Cass