Class-division Quote by Muriel Barbery

Then, there's the modern mother-in-law. In her mid 40s, she is the compact car of her breed: efficient, trim, attractive and in harmony with…

— Abigail Van Buren

Mama never told me, 'Bess, you did good.' She wanted the best for us and she was an incredible administrator. She ran those three…

— Bess Myerson

“That hidden economy, which still exists today, is one of love. There is self-interest, certainly, in all of these women's endeavors; for their trouble,…

— Kate Harding

“Not just a job, but a lifestyle,” Granny often snorts. Mum is not someone you go with, she’s someone you follow.”

— Fredrik Backman

Women often have a fraught relationship with their mothers, even though that's the most important relationship in their lives.

— Alice Lowe

“I'd seen elevated social mamas do far worse in the name of securing a husband for their daughters. An eldery, gray-curled grandmother once tripped…

— Alyxandra Harvey

[Nineteenth century American educator] Catharine Beecher is really associated with the idea that a mother works with children in the home and a teacher…

— Dana Goldstein

“I realized right then and there, in that hallway, that I wanted no other... I became the man she needed me to be because…

— Steve Harvey

I think all mothers are alike, regardless of cultural background, when it comes to illogical cleaning.

— Neal Shusterman

“Quite how a heterosexual couple hiring a female cleaner ends up as a betrayal of feminism isn't terribly clear- unless you believe running a…

— Caitlin Moran

The ranks of society are once again filled with Ambitious Mamas, whose only aim is to see their Darling Daughters married off to Determined…

— Julia Quinn

It is the woman - nearly always - in spite of all the advances of modern feminism, who still takes responsibility for the bulk…

— A. N. Wilson