Mother Quotes
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For my mother, having a family was the most important thing in her life. In the Second World War, it was a challenge - surviving physically and mentally and finding somebody who you loved and who was willing to be with you.
Etgar Keret
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Soon she’ll start yelling, I thought, soon she’ll hit her, trying to break that bond. Instead, the bond will become more twisted, will strengthen in remorse, in the humiliation of having shown herself in public to be an unaffectionate mother, not the mother of church or the Sunday supplements.
Elena Ferrante
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I remember my oldest son, Steve, saying to me once, 'I don't ever remember seeing you with an apron on.' And I thought, that's right, honey, you did not. That was his concept of what a mother should be.
Lauren Bacall
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Like any good shaman, professional baseball player, or politician, my mother always answered questions with questions.
Sherman Alexie
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I suppose you should her it from me that I met your mother" he smiled a litte sadly. "well. . . When I say met I mean one time I tried to kill her." "Do me a favor" Zach's voice was low and dark and dangerous. "Next time don't just try.
Ally Carter
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I believe my mother was smart enough to know that in the night, you are willing to tell all. If she waited until the next day, she knew she'd get one-syllable answers.
H. W. Brands
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A word spoken in season, at the right moment; is the mother of ages.
Thomas Carlyle
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My mother is Irish, my father is black and Venezuelan, and me - I'm tan, I guess.
Mariah Carey
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Margaret Thatcher admitted to being the daughter of her father but not the daughter of her mother!
Hilary Mantel
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Centuries roll, customs change, but, ever since the time of the earliest mother, woman yearns to be the soother.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
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America needs no words from me to see how your decision in Roe v. Wade has deformed a great nation. The so-called right to abortion has pitted mothers against their children and women against men.
Mother Teresa
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All my friends went to the Madonna concert when I was in, maybe, the 9th grade, and my mother refused to let me go.
Sarah Paulson
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My mother tongue is Albanian. But, I am equally fluent in Bengali (language of Calcutta) and English.
Mother Teresa
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I always studied because I knew I had to. I needed to survive and take care of my mother.
Maria das Gracas Silva Foster