Maternal instinct Quote by Erich Maria Remarque

“It stung, the notion that my child belonged more to her mother than to me, but I learned to accept it.”

— Shulem Deen

“I had the strong sensation that I'd underestimated my parents and their devotion to me. Of course they'd be on my side, whether they…

— Bill Konigsberg

“It is too late for me to feel paternal now. Whatever inside me that might once have been capable of nurturing my child had…

— Oliver Bowden

“Humans were complicated. Parents especially so.”

— Alisha Rai

“And why, just at the moment when he had brought away the embryo of his idea from the old woman had he dropped at…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“I named those actions, they became part of me,as children do share the same blood and qualities with their parents... I think I have…

— Bela Anĝelo

“he says it gently, but I can feel a pained history behind the words. Kids can be cruel to each other. To themselves.”

— Nicola Yoon

“You really don’t like your father, do you?” He glowered. “Let’s just say he would have eaten me if my mother hadn’t been nearly…

— Dave Ferraro

“Are you also morally opposed to being friends? Does that mysteriously lead to immediate babies, too?”

— Kiersten White

“...a full week of their mother's quiet fury over the fun they don't seem to be having and their father's dogged attempts to provide…

— Michael Cunningham

“I realized how much it must suck to be a parent. You devote everything to your kids, who just end up growing up and…

— Sara Taylor

“Mother-daughter disagreements were, in hindsight, basically mother stating the truth and daughter taking her own sweet time coming around.”

— Barbara Delinsky