Mother Quote by Janet Benton Download Open image ““When someone calls me madam, I think they mean my mother.”” — Janet Benton ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Mother Parenting
“Mother is a verb. It's something you do. Not just who you are.” — Cheryl Lacey Donovan Copy Share Image
“She's your mother. I asked, Plus, you do look a bit like her. When you're angry, you both get these tense lines around your… — Molly Harper Copy Share Image
“My mother is just one of those people you miss, even when she's sitting right in front of you.” — Julie Buxbaum Copy Share Image
“Sometimes she would whisper the word Mama and see her mother’s face a hundred times in a single afternoon.” — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“When she reaches the ground, she looks from the old woman to me. A moment of confusion. Then recognition. I know her too, because… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
“My mother? My own mother told my lady governess that if the baby and I were in danger then they should save the baby.” — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“...it's true what they say about turning into your mother; I grew up with her yelling, 'Am I talking to myself?' To which, of… — Alexandra Potter Copy Share Image
“Be careful how you say your own mother’s name; How you articulate your blood.” — Nkateko Masinga Copy Share Image
“What about your mum? She got taken away. Mine too, I said. There was nothing special about that. It happened all the time.” — Judy Budnitz Copy Share Image
“When I gardened at home, I often considered how the growth of plants resembles the gradual growth of the spirit. And seeing life make… — Janet Benton Copy Share Image
“Tears slid down my cheeks. Their source must move closer to the eyes in mothers.” — Janet Benton Copy Share Image
“So little is permissible for a woman—yet on her back every human climbs to adulthood.” — Janet Benton Copy Share Image
“We can pursue our true wants, Mill writes, only when doing so harms no one to whom we are obliged.” — Janet Benton Copy Share Image
“Bitterness is poison, yes, but I hold a flask of it to my lips and drink.” — Janet Benton Copy Share Image
“As if passion alone explained our predicaments. Our being female and unlucky—and, in my case, a near idiot in the ways of amorous men—must… — Janet Benton Copy Share Image
“Some force moves all living things to excel. Surely this proves we are endowed with bits of our Creator.” — Janet Benton Copy Share Image
“How is it that shame affixes itself to the violated, and not to the violator?” — Janet Benton Copy Share Image
My mother says I didn't open my eyes for eight days after I was born, but when I did, the first thing I saw… — Elizabeth Taylor Copy Share Image
Laughing, laughing, laughing, laughing! It is the jester! A voice from the Void, to cheer poor Cicero! I accept your gift, dearest Night Mother.… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
(knitting while on a motorcycle) "For several years she knitted in secret (my father would not approve; she was to concentrate on motorcycling and… — Elizabeth Zimmermann Copy Share Image
The biggest change for me as a mom was realizing I needed to put someone else before me. Now the hardest part about the… — Kim Alexis Copy Share Image
My mother was strong-willed, demanding, and very supportive all at the same time. — Michael Spence Copy Share Image
Everything comes home, my mother used to say; every word spoken, every shadow cast, every footprint in the sand. It can't be helped; it's… — Joanne Harris Copy Share Image
I would give anything to be able to kick a ball with my son or read the kids a bedtime story. — Rob Burrow Copy Share Image
One of the ways that I discovered my confidence and my ability to overpower is becoming a mother. Suddenly, my world wasn't about myself… — Lights Copy Share Image
Surely, if Mother Nature had been consulted, she would never have consented to building a city in New Orleans. — Mortimer Zuckerman Copy Share Image
