Parenting Quote by Maggie Shipstead

“but it was also something in Sandy herself, an unwillingness to allow anything more to upset the realm of her understanding.”

— Anthony Doerr

“She is softhearted yet strong willed. She is compassionate yet unwavering in principle. She is a loving mother, yet she risked my life to…

— J.L. Witterick

“Mothers were the only ones you could depend on to tell the whole, unvarnished truth.”

— Margaret Dilloway

“Maybe, if she finished this painting, her father would see that her mother's life hadn't gone unfinished, that her art would live on for…

— Deanna Lynn Sletten

“I knew that she was trying to save her little girl, but sometimes mothers with the best intentions kill their daughters all the same.”

— Laura Whitcomb

“I only look at her as a mother, and she doesn't succeed in being that to me.”

— Anne Frank

“Mothers can be so dense. Just act like you approve of what we're doing. We'll soon do the exact opposite, just to spite you.”

— Cat Clarke

“It stung, the notion that my child belonged more to her mother than to me, but I learned to accept it.”

— Shulem Deen

“The mother-earth may not like the way we preserve her...if any.”

— Toba Beta

“She supposed this was the real definition of a mother – a woman who willingly allows her heart to break over and over again…

— Rhian J. Martin

“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

“Motherhood was not for the weak.”

— Lisa Scottoline