Arise Quote by James Hillman

Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials.

— Meryl Streep

As motherhood as a "private enterprise" declines and more mothers rely on the work of lower-paid specialists, the value accorded the work of mothering…

— Arlie Russell Hochschild

Parenthood means becoming comfortable with the fact that there are things outside your control, things that end and fail, just as most utopias end…

— Lauren Groff

It's not enough just to be a mother. It's not only the social pressure on mothers by certain kinds of feminism and other sources.…

— James Hillman

Mothering has been the richest experience of my life, but I am still opposed to Mother's Day. It perpetuates the dangerous idea that all…

— Anne Lamott

Motherhood may be a 'killer' when it comes to becoming a Master of the Universe, but among middle-class mothers, even after that touch of…

— Chrystia Freeland

In the past the intrinsic pleasures of parenthood for most American families were increased by the extrinsic economic return thatchildren brought. Today, parents have…

— Kenneth Keniston

The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish…

— Jessica Lange

In terms of parenthood, I think the pressure has amped up massively too. Some parents are setting the bar ludicrously high in terms of…

— Helen Fielding

Motherhood goes back in history to a time when a father had no way of knowing his children. Fatherhood only became known when class…

— Nawal El Saadawi

Motherhood is a wonderful thing - what a pity to waste it on children.

— Judith Pugh

Too often the pressure for popularity, on children and teens, places an economic burden on the income of the father, so mother feels she…

— Ezra Taft Benson