Parenting Quote by Kate Roth

“His mother was a like a damn fairy flitting around bringing goodness to the world in the form of wine and hot sons.”

— Kate Roth

“Through some happy accident of heredity he had escaped his father's tediousness, while retaining a little of his mother's jolly high spirits and humor.…

— William Styron

“How to make his mother, whom he imagined to be the unhappiest person in the world, the happiest, was what drove him on.”

— Eiji Yoshikawa

“... and she went on loving him, even though he had so casually abandoned her. You were my everything, she wanted to say to…

— Salman Rushdie

“It's just lucky for Father he never had any sons. He might have been forced to respect them.”

— Barbara Kingsolver

“The many faces of my mother. There was nice Mom who didn’t drink and then there was ugly Mom when she was sozzled.”

— Sandi Gamble

“He rewarded me with one of those brilliant smiles. If I had been less professional, it might have melted me into my socks. There…

— Laurell K. Hamilton

“...after all, she had birthed us alone, diapered and fed us, helped us with homework, kissed and hugged us, poured her love into us.…

— Aimee Bender

“She was a dull person, but a sensational invitation to make babies. Men looked at her and wanted to fill her up with babies…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“It struck me that, in the nicest possible way, she didn't really have a personality. She was a mother.”

— Gail Honeyman

“She was amazing. Beautiful. A pain in his ass. Flighty, stubborn, irritating, persistent. He wanted her more than any other woman he’d ever wanted…

— Karen Erickson

“He made her more confident, funnier, smarter. He brought out all the things that were there already and let her be fully herself, so…

— Liane Moriarty