Books Quote by Natalie Merchant

I felt like I had never really heard of a story that reflected the stuff I was going through as a mom. I came…

— Katherine Center

I know a lot and have written a lot and have thought a lot about motherhood.

— Anna Quindlen

Whenever I write about motherhood - and I write about it a lot - I am drawing on my experiences as a mother and…

— Kristin Hannah

After I discovered the real life of mothers bore little resemblance to the plot outlined in most of the books and articles I'd read,…

— Mary Blakely

When I first watched 'Little Mom,' I was really struck by the universal things it said about motherhood. You could tell these were real…

— Lucy Beaumont

I don't think I would have been a writer if I hadn't been a mother. I wanted to construct something that contained some of…

— Carol Shields

The writing became a hobby in the background: it took a back seat to parenthood and being a person and being a human being.

— Dolores O'Riordan

I couldn't have been a novelist without being a mother. It gives you a unique witness point of the growth of a personality. It…

— Carol Shields

Motherhood is nitty and gritty and brutal and wonderful, but everything I read is about the wonderful parts. Sometimes, you're really in the trenches!

— Constance Marie

Knowing few children of my age with whom to compare notes, I envied the children of literature to whom interesting things were always happening.

— Jessica Mitford

Becoming a mother cannot help but change things. An author's life is reflected in their writing, whether they want it to be or not,…

— Sarah Zettel

I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.

— Arthur Conan Doyle