Deserve Quote by Pliny the Elder

It is far from easy to determine whether she (Nature) has proved to man a kind parent or a merciless stepmother

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

Nature, more of a stepmother than a mother in several ways, has sown a seed of evil in the hearts of mortals, especially in…

— Desiderius Erasmus

I make presents to the mother but think of the daughter.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

You know how people say stepmothers are wicked? Well maybe, it's not the mother who is wicked, maybe, it's the child.

— Farahliyana Ray

A stepmother might have to rise above a little more than everyone else to make everything go smoothly and for everyone to feel comfortable.…

— Anonymous

She [a mother] never outgrows the burden of love, and to the end she carries the weight of hope for those she bore. Oddly,…

— Florida Scott-Maxwell

Stepmothers in books usually behave very spitefully towards the children entrusted to them. But he was now learning by his own experience that in…

— Murasaki Shikibu

A woman's mind is affected by the meanest gifts.

— Livy

…she rejoiced as only mothers can in the good fortunes of their children.

— Louisa May Alcott

Nature is less partial than she appears, and all situations in life have their compensations along with them.

— James Anthony Froude

A mother becomes a true grandmother the day she stops noticing the terrible things her children do because she is so enchanted with the…

— Lois Wyse

I am a stepmother to the fullest extent.

— Megan Fox