Selma Lagerlof Quotes

It is not a good omen to meet a lot of cats when one sets out on a journey, so the Lieutenant spat three times for each cat, as his mother had taught him to do.

Selma Lagerlof

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I visited my father for the full ten years that he was in prison, so we already had a deep and loving relationship, and remembered our mother at those times.

Sam Sheppard
My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.

Quentin Crisp
- World
- Mother
- Father
When she was younger, my mother was quite committed to Roman Catholicism. But she got disillusioned with it and moved closer to something like Buddhist beliefs near the end of her life.

Ralph Fiennes
- Life
- She
- Mother
If I hadn't spent many years trying to be as compassionate as Mother Teresa, as positive a thinker as W. Clement Stone, as prolific a writer as Stephen King, and as good a speaker as many of the legends I have studied, I would not be as successful as I am today.

Jack Canfield
- Good
- Trying
- Mother
When you lose your mother at 20 and then your father soon after, melancholia is part of your life.

Patricia Kaas
- Life
- Mother
- Father
My mother adores singing and plays piano. My uncle was a phenomenal pianist. My brother John is a double bassist. I used to play the piano, badly, and cello. My brother Peter played violin.

Fiona Shaw
- Mother
- Singing
- Brother