Mothers Quote by Liane Moriarty

“The live, warm presence of my mother had disappeared. In its place stood this remoteness posing as Mama. Her anxiety was unbearable to me.…

— Vivian Gornick

“What is it about mothers and the phone which, immediately you say you have to go, makes them think of nineteen completely irrelevant things…

— Helen Fielding

“...I understand Mother's need, whatever she might say on the phone, what she really wants is to hear, before she closes her eyes, the…

— Scott Russell Sanders

“Her look was easy to read—she couldn’t understand, we’d always been able to talk, she was hurt. Mothers can give all of that to…

— Deb Caletti

“Sometimes she would whisper the word Mama and see her mother’s face a hundred times in a single afternoon.”

— Markus Zusak

“Tears slid down my cheeks. Their source must move closer to the eyes in mothers.”

— Janet Benton

“...now that I am a mother, I understand what Mother's Day is about: it's about looking through our lives and recognizing the act of…

— Shauna Niequist

“They always looked back before turning the corner, for their mother was always at the window to nod and smile, and wave her hand…

— Louisa May Alcott

“I adore my mother, but I fear for her. She seems helpless, caught in the vortex of my father's dark moods and unpredictable behavior.…

— Kristen Iversen

“Mom's smiles were the most beautiful thing in the world, and they almost always made things better. They almost even made an early bedtime…

— Thea Harrison

“Then her mother – as skilled in the art of ambush as most mothers are – startled her with her furious, echoing roar.”

— John Flanagan

“As her vision flickered one last time, the man was gone; it was her mother looking into her eyes. Her mother’s eyes were filled…

— Kim Cormack