Quote by Hala Alyan

“...motherhood is the thing in a woman's life that catches her by total and complete surprise.”

— Melanie Shankle

“when you get to the bar, your friend stares at the menu and orders nothing, and you are forced to say, “Aren’t you drinking?”…

— Jami Attenberg

“Motherhood unwittingly molds us into all we are now, or are - destined to be.”

— Eleesha

“There’s nothing like motherhood to make us reassess how we were as daughters.” I”

— Kristin Hannah

“I had a dream where I drank my own grandma. What she was doing disguised as a bottle of booze isn’t entirely clear to…

— Jarod Kintz

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

— Holly Black

“She takes after her father." "Uh, I guess," I said, unsure how to respond. Bud's reputation was too far down the toilet for it…

— Cecily White

“I could feel her breasts up against my stomach. I wanted a beer real bad.”

— Haruki Murakami

“I can't believe I'm about to drink with my father- this is wrong on so many levels.”

— Wendy Higgins

“That was the hurtful part of motherhood, not being able to fix what you couldn’t understand.”

— Stephen King

“The many faces of my mother. There was nice Mom who didn’t drink and then there was ugly Mom when she was sozzled.”

— Sandi Gamble

“They say a girl with an ill-fated mother is doomed to follow in her footsteps.”

— K.X. Song