Children Quote by Victor Hugo

“She had watched other women with infants and eventually understood what she craved: the boundless permission-no, the absolute necessity- to hold and kiss and…

— Eowyn Ivey

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.

— Victor Hugo

The sun enriched the old poles grandly... The mothers expressed all womanhood - the big wooden hands holding the child were so full of…

— Emily Carr

Mothers arms are made of tenderness, And sweet sleep blesses the child who lies therein.

— Victor Hugo

The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.

— Victor Hugo

“i want to stay curled and cosied and chocolated…forever in my mother’s arms.”

— Sanober Khan

Unpleasant questions are being raised about Mother's Day. Is this day necessary? . . . Isn't it bad public policy? . . . No…

— Russell Baker

My mother 'gave teas' the way other mothers breathed. Her own mother 'gave teas.' All of their friends 'gave teas,' each involving butter cookies…

— Joan Didion

The writer who is a mother should, I think, record everything she can: make notes, keep journals, take photographs, use a tape recorder, and…

— Alicia Ostriker

“A mother is always the beginning. She is how things begin.”

— Amy Tan

I agree that mommy wars are not good for any mothers: that such wars are time and effort wasted.

— Sandra Tsing Loh

“It takes a female to have a baby, It takes a woman to raise a child, It takes a mother to raise them correctly,…

— Shannon L. Alder

Most men are secretly still mad at their mothers for throwing away their comic books. They would be valuable now.

— Rita Rudner

The world needs our mothers.

— Liya Kebede

We never think that our mothers will die. It was like suddenly an abyss opened at my feet - I was standing on nothing.…

— Ben Okri