Children Quote by Gregg Olsen

“No mother is ever, completely, a child’s idea of what a mother should be, and I suppose it works the other way around as…

— Margaret Atwood

“I had wondered if all mothers shared a fear of how vibrant and alive their children were.”

— Alice Sebold

“I missed the mother I’d never known and mourned for her suffering now. Perhaps there could be no joy on this planet without an…

— Stephenie Meyer

“The world is full of women who have children, and women who don’t, but there is also a silent band of women who almost…

— Rachel Joyce

“I went into motherhood with some pretty romantic notions about what being a mom would be like. I certainly thought that raising kids would…

— Debra Sansing Woods

“But the knowing was visceral: if I became a mother, I’d lose myself.”

— Kate Bolick

“i feel bad for her - i do. a damn shame, really, that i had to have a mother. it can’t be easy having…

— David Levithan

“There was a sweetness in my voice I found nauseating. I made a note to myself never to have children. Or at least not…

— Tod Goldberg

“No one wanted to talk to a mother whose only child had just killed herself.”

— Kimberly McCreight

“No mother is ever, completely, a child’s idea of what a mother should be, and I suppose it works the other way around as…

— Margaret Atwood

“...it was hard to be a mother when you had never been mothered yourself. Your children's needs remind you of your needs. Their pain…

— Sarah Dunn

“She missed most of all the feeling of having a mother.”

— Susan Ornbratt