After school Quote by Lionel Shriver

Most mothers think they are bad mothers. We all make terrible mistakes, often, and always think we're getting it wrong.

— Essie Davis

“When a child knows that young that her mother doesn't care for her, bad things happen.”

— Gillian Flynn

Mothers are great. They outlast everything. But when they're bad, they're the worst thing that can happen.

— Carrie Fisher

“If it is your fault that your mother is miserable, it becomes a potentially fixable affront. Taking blame means that at least the hope…

— Victoria Secunda

“It wasn’t her fault, but it was her fate, like so many single mothers, to be caught between a wistful child and his fantasies…

— Eric Ripert

“Here’s something about Mom: she’s bad with annoyances, but great in a crisis. If a waiter doesn’t refill her water after she’s asked three…

— Maria Semple

“I do not blame you, child, for growing up,” she announced. “But I teach you this: Whatever happens is always the woman’s fault.”

— Pearl S. Buck

“being a good mother does not mean being perfect every single moment. we screw up. we get mad, we drink too much, eat too…

— Amy Hatvany

“It is a terrible thing to feel sorry for one’s mother or indeed father. And it’s an additionally awful thing to feel this and…

— Christopher Hitchens

“Mothers have an interesting way of rebuking wayward children, but they do it so nicely that you have to forgive them. Even better, learn…

— Jeff Wheeler

Blaming mother is just a negative way of clinging to her still.

— Nancy Friday

“I watched the jealousy between them grow, and felt it was none of my fault--only Momma's! As everything wrong in my life was her…

— V.C. Andrews