Now I Realize Quote by Helen Simonson

“I am son of man and woman, so they tell me. That astounds me . . . I thought myself more!”

— Comte de Lautréamont

“It was a little awkward walking behind his mom when, about eight hours ago, I had been rolling around on the floor with her…

— Katie Kacvinsky

“There are lots of things sons shouldn’t imagine about their mothers, above all what it was like to become one.”

— Bauvard

“But I don't think she ever figured on raising a son by herself. Her family was supposed to form a circle. Now we walk…

— Kendare Blake

“Being a mother isn't easy.”

— Linda Greenlaw

“Among the other things I’ve learned as a mother, is that women continue to explain way too much.”

— Avital Norman Nathman

“the big problem with motherhood of girls, it seems to me, is that we're both women. ”

— Elizabeth Noble

“The trouble with women is, that when they grow up, they turn into their mothers. The trouble with men is, that they don’t.”

— Oscar Wilde

“Now, I’m not saying they can help it, all I am saying is that in order for this world to keep on progressing the…

— Fannie Flagg

“Sometimes I think I’m still a child trapped in a woman’s body.”

— Cindy Vine

“I had to say to her that it isn’t just men, and it isn’t just men “like that.”

— Dorothy Allison

“How to raise sons who respect women: Never give them the opportunity to see you disrespect yourself.”

— Alfa H