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  Mother Quotes - She was my shelter and my storm   “Authority is just and faithful in all matters of promise-keeping; it is also considerate, and that is why a good mother is the best home-ruler.” ― Charlotte Mason   “A dim antagonism gathered force within him and darkened his mind as a cloud against her disloyalty: and when it passed, cloudlike, leaving his mind serene and dutiful towards her again, he was made aware dimly and without regret of a first noiseless sundering of their lives.” ― James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man   “The sound of thunder awake me, and when I got up, my feet sank into muddy water up to my ankles. Mother took Buster and Helen to high ground to pray, but I stayed behind with Apache and Lupe. We barricaded the door with the rug and started bailing water out the window. Mother came back and begged us to go pray with her on the hilltop. "To heck with praying!" I shouted. "Bail, dammit, bail!" Mom look morti...

  Mother Quotes - A mother is the first devotee of God   “But it was my own mother I turned to. She was smiling quietly. She said, “Gavin. To me, if you please.” He stiffened, but it didn’t last. He squared his shoulders. He dropped my hand and walked slowly to her. She stood on the steps above him, looking down. She said, “Did you make your choice?” He said, “Yes.” “What did you choose?” And Gavin said, “Carter.” She started to nod, but then he spoke again. “And family. I chose family. Pack. Pack. Pack.” She took his face in her hands. She leaned forward and kissed his forehead. He shuddered at the press of her lips. She pulled away, but only just. She whispered, “This is where you belong. This is where you’re supposed to be. No one else can have you. No one else can take you. I love you, I love you, I love you.” ― T.J. Klune, Brothersong   “Mother had been the primary breadwinner, while continuing to cook meals, clean the house, do the laun...

  Mother Quotes - Every mother is divine mother   “Time feels flimsy as the cardboard swirlies that will hang over Jet's head in the school gym while the bass line reverberates in her chest, and she wraps her skinny limbs around someone who is not me.” ― Sarah Damoff, The Bright Years   “In your arms, I found my first home, A world of love, where dreams have grown._ Your strength, your care, your endless light, Turned my darkest days so bright! Happy Mother's Day, to a heart so true, The world is kinder because of you.” ― Srinivas Mishra   “There were things she never named, only folded like laundry too wrinkled to iron smooth. I grew up watching her close windows before the wind came. Grief, she believed, should never be given an open door. She never raised her voice, but the quiet she wore had weight. It pressed against the walls.” ― Maimoona Abidi, A Shelf of Things I Never Said   “I used to think I was different. B...