Mother
Quotes - You can't love your mother or father
“Isn't
this the truth of any good mother? That in all of our lives. We worry only
about those we brought into this world, regardless of whether they loved us
back or treated us fairly or understood our shortcomings.”
―
Adriana Trigiani, Big Cherry Holler
“And
really, how insulting is it that to suggest that the best thing women can do is
raise other people to do incredible things? I'm betting some of those women
would like to do great things of their own.”
―
Jessica Valenti, Why Have Kids?: A New Mom Explores the Truth About Parenting
and Happiness
“You
can't love your mother or father if you don't also have the capacity to grieve
their deaths and, perhaps even more so, grieve parts of their lives.”
―
Glenn Beck, The 7: Seven Wonders That Will Change Your Life
“Don’t
be so hard on yourself, You’re doing the same thing, trying to reconcile all
the moms that Mom ever was - The one you wanted, the one she was when you
needed her and she was there, the one she was when she didn’t understand. Most
of us don’t live our lives with one, integrated self that meets the world,
we’re a whole bunch of selves. When someone dies, they all integrate into the
soul - the essence of who we are, beyond the different faces we wear throughout
our lives. You’re just hating the selves you’ve always hated, and loving the
ones you’ve always loved. It’s bound to mess you up.”
―
Christopher Moore, A Dirty Job
“On
this Mother's Day and every day before and after, I thank you God for the
precious gift of my three children. I love them unconditionally.”
―
Ana Monnar
“My
mother belonged to that group of low IQ individuals who find everything
alarming and believe that raising your voice is the most effective form of
communication.”
― Dr
Annabelle RC
“We
want Max to... breed. To produce heirs. Who will govern the world after she
dies."
Dead
silence for quite some time. We all stared at Dr. Hans, our jaws dropped to
various levels. Our lives had reached a new low of inhumanity.
My
face flushed. Part of me had assumed, hoped, that if Fang and I lived long
enough, we would get married. Maybe have a little flock of our own. But i
really hadn't planned it all out. And he was gone now, anyway. How could I
possibly ever find someone...
My
eyes scanned Dylan's face, I saw his discomfort.
"Oh,
no," I said in horror.
"Yes,"
Angel confirmed. "Freaking unbelievable.”
―
James Patterson, Angel
“Millions
of deaths would not have happened if it weren’t for the consumption of alcohol.
The same can be said about millions of births.”
―
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Maybe
a mother wasn't what she seemed to be on the surface.”
―
Jodi Picoult, Handle with Care
“Because
even if the whole world was throwing rocks at you, if you still had your mother
or father at your back, you’d be okay. Some deep-rooted part of you would know
you were loved. That you deserved to be loved.”
―
Jojo Moyes, One Plus One
“Let
us dedicate this new era to mothers around the world, and also to the mother of
all mothers -- Mother Earth. It is up to us to keep building bridges to bring
the world closer together, and not destroy them to divide us further apart. We
can pave new roads towards peace simply by understanding other cultures. This
can be achieved through traveling, learning other languages, and interacting
with others from outside our borders. Only then will one truly discover how we
are more alike than different. Never allow language or cultural traditions to
come between brothers and sisters. The same way one brother may not like his
sister's choice of fashion or hairstyle, he will never hate her for her
personal style or music preference. If you judge a man, judge only his heart.
And if you should do so, make sure you use the truth in your conscience when
weighing one's character. Do not measure anybody strictly based on the bad you
see in them and ignore all the good.”
―
Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
“Out
loud I said I had two children. Silently I said three. I always felt like
apologizing to her for that.”
―
Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones
“The
way Mom saw it, women should let menfolk do the work because it made them feel
more manly. That notion only made sense if you had a strong man willing to step
up and get things done, and between Dad's gimp, Buster's elaborate excuses, and
Apache's tendency to disappear, it was often up to me to keep the place from
falling apart. But even when everyone was pitching in, we never got out from
under all the work. I loved that ranch, though sometimes it did seem that
instead of us owning the place, the place owned us.”
―
Jeannette Walls, Half Broke Horses
“Since
Mom wasn't exactly the most useful person in the world, one lesson I learned at
an early age was how to get things done, and this was a source of both
amazement and concern for Mom, who considered my behavior unladylike but also
counted on me. "I never knew a girl to have such gumption," she'd
say. "But I'm not too sure it's a good thing.”
―
Jeannette Walls, Half Broke Horses
“A
mother is always a mother, since a mother is a biological fact, whilst a father
is a movable feast.”
―
Angela Carter, Wise Children
“No!
I need to go home," I say, but then the realization comes: My mother was
my home. My mother is dead.”
―
Ally Carter, All Fall Down
“To
describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or
the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow.”
―
Maya Angelou
“My
mother was an avid reader...She loved books about romance. Books that took
place in faraway places and times. Stories with costumes...”
―
Adriana Trigiani
