Always Quote by Jill Zarin

For a long time, I let my mother say what she wanted about me, and what was worse, for a long time I believed…

— Junot Diaz

Mom spent the time that she was supposed to be a kid actully raising children, her younger brother and younger sister. She was tough…

— Chris Christie

My mother told me stories all the time... And in all of those stories she told me who I was, who I was supposed…

— Paula Gunn Allen

I was brought up to be uncompromisingly bloody-minded by my mother. She equipped me, without knowing it, to be someone who is creative rather…

— Viv Albertine

I think I was raised by a really good mother.

— Dean Winters

My mother taught me to be honest no matter what situation takes place in my life, to be honest and to stay humble.

— Thiago Silva

My mother has brought me up in a manner that has allowed me to retain my values, ideologies, and philosophies. I was let loose,…

— Ishaan Khatter

My mother was terribly invasive, all in the name of psychiatric honesty. It was a bad thing in some ways, but I do think…

— Edmund White

My mother seemed to undermine so much of what I did, subtly belittling my choices and my activities in light of her greater, more…

— Katharine Graham

I became the kind of parent my mother was to me.

— Maya Angelou

My mom raised me to be confident and secure in who I am.

— Larsa Pippen

Mothers support certain illusions about their children, and one of my illusions was that I liked who I was, because she did. When she…

— Mitch Albom