Marriage Quote by Tessa Arlen

“She was tremendously fond of Ralph. Not hounded by love the way some women were. With Crighton she had been teased endlessly by the…

— Kate Atkinson

“Purposely, perhaps, Mary did not agree with Ralph; she loved to feel her mind in conflict with his, and to be certain that he…

— Virginia Woolf

“No wonder he was so sweet and accommodating. His mother was like a damn fairy flittering around bringing goodness to the world in the…

— Kate Roth

“He preferred to not think of his mother as having hips. He preferred to not think of her as a woman at all, more…

— Christopher Moore

“She admired all these women who were mothers. My God, you had to be devilishly careful not to say the wrong thing.”

— Dörthe Binkert

“...he was so horribly unhuman, that one shuddered to think that tender women and fair children must, of necessity, confess to fellowship of kind…

— Marcus Clarke

“But the mother was especially admirable and worthy of honorable remembrance, for she watched the death of seven sons in the course of a…

— 2 Maccabees 7 20

“She mothered them. She mothered him. He hated it and loved it. He wished her quiet and prayed she would never stop talking. She…

— Amy Harmon

“Her husband, like her children, was a person who often annoyed her but whom she loved very deeply.”

— Coral Lansbury

“She also understood there was a hole in her heart where her son should be, that she was a wicked, selfish woman for wishing…

— Shannon Celebi

“Finally, Elizabeth understood that she had been orphaned not once but twice when her mother passed away. She lost her father as surely as…

— Miranda Davis

“Ugly and ungainly. The least dependable creature you ever met. Just when you think you understand her, she changes. If only I had a…

— Mette Ivie Harrison