Parenting Quote by Iain M. Banks

“It was a beautiful voice. He wanted to reply to it. But he couldn’t work out how to. It was very dark. ‘Cheradenine?’ A…

— Iain M. Banks

“A very patient voice. Concerned, somehow, but a hopeful voice; a cheerful, even loving voice. He tried to remember his mother. ‘Cheradenine?’ the voice…

— Iain M. Banks

“She had beauty that endured, and a smile that was not forgotten. Somewhere her voice still lingered, and the memory of her words.”

— Daphne du Maurier

“The live, warm presence of my mother had disappeared. In its place stood this remoteness posing as Mama. Her anxiety was unbearable to me.…

— Vivian Gornick

“No wonder he was so sweet and accommodating. His mother was like a damn fairy flittering around bringing goodness to the world in the…

— Kate Roth

“Oh that voice, so sweet. Rich, like the taste of vanilla ice cream, vowels like flute music, warm caramel consonants. She could float in…

— Suki Michelle

“A mother's happiness; something you recognize and then forget; it didn't seem to matter much, though it spread through our bodies.”

— Mona Simpson

“They always looked back before turning the corner, for their mother was always at the window to nod and smile, and wave her hand…

— Louisa May Alcott

“Her voice, hoarse, was an unmistakable echo down the corridors of memory.”

— Daniel Keyes

“He wondered what his sorrow was and could not remember.”

— N. Scott Momaday

“Together we look like our mother. Her same eyes, her same mouth, open in surprise to see, at last, her long-cherished wish.”

— Amy Tan

“Oh, to be the spitting image of her father, or a younger version of her mother. She longed to carry those pieces of them,…

— Molly Collier