Mom lied. The crust is the shittiest part.

Even as a small child, I understood that woman had secrets, and that some of these were only to be told to daughters. In this way we were bound together for eternity.

Outside in the sun the Holy Mother stood on her pedestal in the garden, sorry but unsympathetic. The usual position of mothers.

You just stood up to your mother…. I should think now you could take on the world.

Her husband and her children did not consider her beyond criticism. She belonged to them; whatever she did affected them; their pride, their good name in the world lay in her hands. They would give...

Everyone is guilty at one time or another of throwing out questions that beg to be ignored, but mothers seem to have a market on the supply. “Do you want a spanking or do you...

God help the serial killer who tackles your mother,” Riordan muttered.

And mother-like, Mrs. Jo forgot the threatened chastisement in tender lamentations over the happy scapegrace…

Whenever a group produces murderers, the early parental relationship must have been abusive and neglectful. Yet this elementary truth has not even begun to be considered in historical research; just stating that poor mothering lies...

You just hang in there, boy, hang in with that apprenticeship of yours, do you hear me? You are lucky they would even take someone like you. You’re a child of the slums. A ragtag....

There’s nothing like your mother’s sympathetic voice to make you want to burst into tears.

When you were a child, you used to run to me for protection. Now, in moments of weakness, I want to hide my head on your knees; I want you to be strong and wise;...

*marissa tries to get her single, working mother’s attention by suggesting something outrageous, to which mom replies:*’You’re a smart girl. Use your head and avoid any guy who reminds you of your father.

She is the creature of life, the giver of life, and the giver of abundant love, care and protection. Such are the great qualities of a mother. The bond between a mother and her child...

Always respect Mother Nature. Especially when she weighs 400 pounds and is guarding her baby.

Whatever it is that you think you have discovered. You must forget it.

Didn’t feel too friendly,” Gus mumbled just loud enough for me to hear. When surprised and excited and innocent Gus emerged from Grand Gesture Metaphorically Inclined Augustus, I literally could not resist.

Her model of self-control with food is why I have never had an issue in this area. Praise God for my mom’s good example in how to eat.

We all have the best laid plans for our children, and they go and ruin it all by growing up any way they want to. What the hell was it all for, then? (Real Life...

Did you ever look out in that dark and fucked-up world out there and think, how do I let my daughter out into that? And how do i stop her? And the things you can’t...

There really is a need for these types of clinics. It’s wonderful for mothers to be able to scoot in quickly with a sick child.

Mom had the kind of love for her that you could feel, like it was part of the atmosphere

America—where we hate our fathers, love our mothers, andeveryone is hung up on tryingto be a man

On famous relatives – First I was my mother’s daughter..and now..I am my daughter’s mother !

I wondered if my smile was as big as hers. Maybe as big. But not as beautiful.

MY MOTHER GETS DRESSEDIt is impossible for my mother to do eventhe simplest things for herself anymoreso we do it together,get her dressed.I choose the clothes withoutzippers or buckles or straps,clothes that are simplebut elegant,...

I became a marine mom with the signing of a paper, but it would take a phone call, late one night, for me to fully absorb the impact this new title would have on my...

The opinions about contraceptives have changed with families a lot over the years. I find that mothers are much more accepting these days.

The mother memories that are closest to my heart are the small gentle ones that I have carried over from the days of my childhood. They are not profound, but they have stayed with me...

Marathon tidying produces a heap of garbage. At this stage, the one disaster that can wreak more havoc than an earthquake is the entrance of that recycling expert who goes by the alias of “mother.

Anna: Ash, I don’t have anything planned with my Mother… She’s dead.Ashley: What?Anna: She died when I was seven. She drowned. It’s just my Dad and me. I didn’t tell you before because I just...

I think being a mother is the cruelest thing in the world.

What do you think of when alone at night?Do not the things your mothers spoke about,Before they took the candle from the bedside,Rush up into the mind and master it,Till you believe in them against...

Yes, my mom does keep making references to marriage, like all mothers do, but it’s only in a lighter mood… she just jokes.

Mamas are always crying about how one day they see you as a baby, and the next morning, they see you growed up.

A lot of customers from the streets come because of their mothers. Guys telling their parents, mothers, grandmothers that they’ll go to church on Easter. They try to keep those promises and, of course, they...

Obviously Victoria and Mel B have become mothers and there is a part of me that wants to be a mum.

Never underestimate the fury of an angry mother, Caspar. They’re the most vicious creatures in the world.

Most young men are such bores. They haven’t lived long enough to learn that they are not the wonders to the world they are to their mothers.

When Jack Burns needed to hold his mother’s hand, his fingers could see in the dark.

Ma was heavy, but not fat; thick with child-bearing and work. She wore a loose Mother Hubbard of gray cloth in which there had once been colored flowers, but the color was washed out now,...

Sadie heard her inside cleaning up the kitchen and wondered what dreams Betty’s mother had for herself, if all mothers had them, bottled up beneath their mother exteriors.

I’ve been washing stairs my whole life. One day after the other. Since I was five years old. I’ve never complained. Shame on you. I’m embarrassed to have a son like you…can’t even look after...

Yes it’s true, you wake the child inside of you up because you’re a Mom!

Good wombs have borne bad sons.”– (Miranda, I:2)

I got to grow up with a mother who taught me to believe in me.

Have we ever wondered a mothers silent cries? Her struggles, her fears and her worries? Do we ever have time for this in our busy lives? Have we ever thought of the sacrifices she has...

Living is suffering, Billy. Now give your mom a nice big hug.

Out of all the fathers in the world, I am the most like Mother Theresa. Also, I am childless.

It’s like she thinks my job is to please her, and that should be my dearest wish, and when I don’t please her – I get shut out.