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“In truth, it was also by design: as much as I loved my mother, she wasn't often the person I sought for comfort in hard times. She disapproved tacitly of crying.”

Book:The Word Exchange

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“But she loves her daughter, David can tell, loves her the way David's mother loved him, and sometimes David feels that same love he used to, except now it's coming from other places, other people, and it's a good thing the love is coming because he's beginning to think there aren't enough rules in the universe to bring his mother back.”

Love Mothers

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“There's an old joke about a mother watching a column of soldiers pass by. Her son is in the ranks. All those men out of step, she says, except our Fred.”

Life Mothers Cricket

Author:Kevin Pietersen

“Sometimes am so worried,i complain to God that He's not been listening to my prayers,and then my son comes and says,"hey dad,why are you not mom?"ilook at him and say,God.you've already answered my prayers with the best..who knows whats on the way for me?.”

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Author:Matovu Jonathans Eriah

“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.”

Love God Jesus Eating Holy Spirit Mothers

Book:Thoughts on Christian Motherhood

Source: Thoughts on Christian Motherhood

“Just as there is no warning for childbirth, there is no preparation for the sight of a first child... There should be a song for women to sing at this moment, or a prayer to recite. But perhaps there is none because there are no words strong enough to name the moment.”

Love Women Baby Motherhood Mothers Childbirth Giving Birth Having A Baby Mother S Love Maternal Love

Book:The Red Tent

Source: The Red Tent

“People who lost their mother should be careful about committing crime, because probably no one else is praying to save you.”

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Author:Amit Kalantri

“I'd wrestled against the inner voice of my mother, the voice of caution, of duty, of fear of the unknown, the voice that said the world was dangerous and safety was always the first measure and that often confused pleasure with danger, the mother who had, when I'd moved to the city, sent me clippings about young women who were raped and murdered there, who elaborated on obscure perils and injuries that had never happened to her all her life, and who feared mistakes even when the consequences were minor. Why go to Paradise when the dishes aren't done? What if the dirty dishes clamor more loudly than Paradise?”

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Book:The Faraway Nearby

Source: The Faraway Nearby

“God, He didn't write the scripts for the puny little players down here. We wrote them ourselves-with each day we lived, each word we spoke, each thought we etched on our brains. And Momma had written her script, too. And a sorry one it was.”

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Book:Flowers in the Attic

Source: Flowers in the Attic

“There is nothing as sincere as a mother's kiss.”

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Author:Saleem Sharma

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