“You ask me to plow the ground. Shall I take a knife and tear my mother's bosom? Then when I die she will not take me to her bosom to rest.” EarthMotherDiesAsksCuttingTearsAskingAsk MeSoilNativeTake MeKnivesNative AmericanBosomsNative American WisdomNative AmericaGreat Native AmericanNative American EarthNative WisdomPlowing Author:Wovoka
“I asked people who have already finished books for advice, which is akin to asking a mother with a four-year-old what childbirth is like.” PeopleYearsBookMotherFourAdviceAskingFinishedFour YearsChildbirth Book:Yes Please Source: Yes Please
“The hour arrives, the moment wish'd and fear'd, The child is born by many a pang endear'd And now the mother's ear has caught his cry; O grant the cherub to her asking eye! He comes--she clasps him. To her bosom press'd He drinks the balm of life, and drops to rest.” ChildrenMomentsEyeMotherWishBornHoursCryDrinkEarsAskingPressesCaughtGrantsBosomsInfancyCherubs Author:Samuel Rogers
“My father said he was going to write to the Jinzhou City Party Committee asking for permission to 'talk about love'...My mother supposed it was a bit like asking permission from the head of the family...the Communist Party was the new patriarch.” WritingSaidMotherFatherBitsPartyCitiesAskingChinaCommunistPermissionCommitteesCommunist PartyPatriarchAsking Permission Author:Jung Chang
“I recall my mother asking in about 1946 what I was and I replied proudly that I was a professor. A decade later she repeated her question and I repeated my answer. "No promotion?" was her comment.” MotherAnswersEconomyAskingDecadesCommentProfessorsRecallsPromotion Author:George Stigler