Memory Quote by Maria Semple

“...I began to understand that the sleeplessness and vigilance and constant feedings were a form of brainwashing, a process by which my old self…

— Miranda July

“A mother's happiness; something you recognize and then forget; it didn't seem to matter much, though it spread through our bodies.”

— Mona Simpson

“Body cells replace themselves every month. Even at this very moment. Most everything you think you know about me is nothing more than memories.”

— Haruki Murakami

“...a woman writing thinks back through her mothers.”

— Virginia Woolf

“You will be a mother to many, for true motherhood lies in the heart, not the womb.”

— Jordanna Max Brodsky

“Memory loss is the key to human reproduction. If you remembered what new parenthood was actually like you wouldn’t go around lying to people…

— Michael Lewis

“Your mother and I had a child because we wanted to share our love with someone, not because we wanted a nurse to take…

— Nicole Peeler

“My mom used to say that’s why we have memory. And the opposite of memory—hope. So things that are gone can still matter. So…

— Isaac Marion

“Mamma says if we stay so focused on our past failings, we won't be able to move beyond them and learn what we need…

— Annette Bridges

“Nothing had happened to me. I was born with a defective mind. As my father’s sole contribution to my life knifed its way into…

— Karen Fortunati

“All memories fade away in the end. Then, only dreams are left. And because they are all we have, we confide our life’s worries…

— Philippe Forest

“Motherhood unwittingly molds us into all we are now, or are - destined to be.”

— Eleesha