Doubt Quote by Kate Atkinson

She'd been criticized for holding the reins of parenthood too tightly, of controlling her children too completely, but she didn't know how to let…

— Kristin Hannah

Mom was never self-pitying. She was ferociously focused on making sure that everyone understood that she knew how fortunate she has been.

— Emma Walton Hamilton

Guilty she might be. But what human being was not? There were things in her past she needn't be ashamed of, things to be…

— John Jakes

Guilt was a fascinating thing: it seemed not to weaken over time. If anything it grew stronger as the circumstances faded from memory, as…

— Michael Grant

She was the archetypal selfless mother: living only for her children, sheltering them from the consequences of their actions - and in the end…

— Marcia Muller

My daughter Gabby very kindly once said that she thinks I was a better mother because I was doing a job I loved. I…

— Donna Karan

“She could be a pain in the ass, but she was one gutsy chick. Her kids were lucky to have a mother like her.…

— Jim Butcher

My mother could make anybody feel guilty - she used to get letters of apology from people she didn't even know.

— Joan Rivers

She was a logical child, as far as children go. She did not understand how such a nice, kind, good God as the one…

— Anonymous

I can't say what she did was bad, because she did the best she could, but Mum's input was more to do with survival…

— Jay Blades

I was not a very good mother. I was always running out to do a movie or something. If I had to do it…

— Joanne Woodward

She loved her mother and depended on her mother, and yet every single word her mother said annoyed her.

— Ann Brashares