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“It went automatically to a heavy-weight mother with beetling eyebrows who looked as if she had just come from doing a spot of knitting at the foot of the guillotine.”

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“My mother is a wonderful, eccentric lady who has no concept whatever of interior monologue. We'll be driving along in the car and she'll suddenly say, 'Ants don't like cucumbers, you know. And roaches don't like cinnamon. Do you want some cheese, Michael? Rembrandt was the Lord of the day.' -Mike Myers”

Mothers Mothers And Sons Mike Meyers

Book:That Book of Perfectly Useless Information

Source: That Book of Perfectly Useless Information

“The way I saw the world changed in an instant. My eyes were opened to a need in this country that was just beginning to be recognized. The floodgates were opened, and our battle-injured warriors filled our military hospitals.”

Mothers Sons Wounded Warriors Aaron Mankin Marine Parents

Author:Diana Mankin Phelps

“She was too honest, too natural for this frightened man; too remote from his tidy laws. She was, after all, a country girl; disordered, hysterical, loving. She was muddled and mischievous as a chimney-jackdaw, she made her nest of rags and jewels, was happy in the sunlight, squawked loudly at danger, pried and was insatiably curious, forgot when to eat or ate all day, and sang when sunsets were red.”

Women Mothers Countryside Cider With Rosie Laurie Lee

Book:Cider With Rosie

Source: Cider With Rosie

“When you're sorting yourself out, family are not often the ones you can turn to. They represent the place of departure and not the place of arrival.”

Mothers Family Relationships Self Growth Siblings

Book:Nights in the Gardens of Spain

Source: Nights in the Gardens of Spain

“Mothers took their mothering so seriously now. Their frantic little faces...Ponytails swinging. Eyes fixed on the mobile phones held in the palms of their hands like compasses.”

Mothers

Book:Big Little Lies

Source: Big Little Lies

“I can imagine no heroism greater than motherhood.”

Motherhood Mothers Heroism

Book:The Price of Creation

Source: The Price of Creation

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