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“She used to say that the human heartbeat was the first music that a person heard, and that every child was born knowing the rhythm of her mother's song.”

Book:The Clockmaker's Daughter

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The Clockmaker's Daughter

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Kate Morton

Kate Morton, born in 1976, is an acclaimed Australian author known for her intricate family histories and emotional storytelling. more

“Mothers who live vicariously through the success of their children or husband need to find their own identity. While it is wonderful to see your children and husband become successful, what is even more effective is to lead and inspire through the example of your own successes. - Strong by Kailin Gow”

Success Strong Leadership Identity Mothers Living Own Life Own Success

Author:Kailin Gow

“My mother is the reason that I love you,' Bhim said simply. 'She is the reason I know what love is.”

Love Motherhood Mothers Mothers And Sons

Book:America for Beginners

Source: America for Beginners

“What is growing a baby if not making a flower appear from thin air, turning one scarf into two?”

Love Baby Mothers

Book:The Immortalists

Source: The Immortalists

“Reason number 106 why dogs are smarter than humans," I say. "Once you leave the litter, you sever contact with your mothers”

Nature Family Mothers Dogs

Book:My Sister's Keeper

Source: My Sister's Keeper

“I have been fortunate, he thought. I have known many mothers. Alice and Lora and Oota Dabun, but I will always recall my first mom when I was but a Lost Boy. Of all my mothers, I will always remember my Wendy most.”

Memory Mothers Remembrance

Book:the dog

Source: the dog

“Was wussten Töchter denn von ihren Müttern, sie wussten nichts”

Mothers Daughters

Book:This House Is Mine

Source: This House Is Mine

“I love my mom so much. I don't care if it's corny to say. I think on my next birthday I'm going to buy her a present. I think that should be the tradition.”

Mothers

Book:The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“Upon the shadowy shore of death the sea of trouble casts no wave. Eyes that have been curtained by the everlasting dark, will never know again the burning touch of tears. Lips touched by eternal silence will never speak again the broken words of grief. Hearts of dust do not break. The dead do not weep. Within the tomb no veiled and weeping sorrow sits, and in the rayless gloom is crouched no shuddering fear. I think of those I have loved and lost as having returned to earth, as having become a part of the elemental wealth of the world – I think of them as unconscious dust, I dream of them as gurgling in the streams, floating in the clouds, bursting in the foam of light upon the shores of worlds...”

Death Peace Nature Atheism Eternity

Author:Robert G. Ingersoll

“I won't try to describe how deeply I mourn her passing still. I know that she was the kindest, most generous spirit I have ever known, and that what is best in me I owe to her.”

Love Grief Mothers

Book:Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

Source: Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

“It's amazing what you'll do for your child, isn't it?”

Parenting Motherhood Mothers

Book:The Dream Daughter

Source: The Dream Daughter

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