Absent Quote by Eileen Simpson

“And if you have the emotional strength and/or support from family and friends, the damage is reduced or erased. We think of it as…

— Toni Morrison

“A daughter whose mother chose to leave her or was incapable of mothering may feel like a member of the emotional underclass, like a…

— Hope Edelman

I know what it's like to see one's mother go through the agony of death and be unable to help; there is no consolation.…

— Albert Einstein

We infrequently contemplate the harms that await any new-born child—pain, disappointment, anxiety, grief, and death. For any given child we cannot predict what form…

— David Benatar

A mother only does her children harm if she makes them the only concern of her life.

— W. Somerset Maugham

People who have had severe childhood traumas lack the ability to regulate emotions and, as a result, gravitate toward whatever primitive means they can…

— Drew Pinsky

Every life and every childhood is filled with frustrations; we cannot imagine it otherwise, for even the best mother cannot satisfy all her child's…

— Alice Miller

“No matter how damaged or broken a mother is, her child will love her unconditionally. Because as children, we know no better. We only…

— Love Belvin

“the seriousness of emotional deprivation: It is not difficult to understand how children who have suffered from malnutrition or starvation need food and plenty…

— Mark Z. Danielewski

The longer one lives in this hard world motherless, the more a mother's loss makes itself felt.

— Jane Welsh Carlyle

Just like children, emotions heal when they are heard and validated.

— Jill Bolte Taylor

A mother experiences more than one death, even though she herself will only die once. She fears for her husband; she fears for her…

— Saint John Chrysostom