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“Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.”

“The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.”

“I cannot forget my mother. [S]he is my bridge. When I needed to get across, she steadied herself long enough for me to run across safely.”

Source: I Asked for Intimacy: Stories of Blessings, Betrayals, and Birthings

“The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent.”

“Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.”

Source: THE ART OF LOVING

“Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.”

“[A] mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.”

Source: The Letters of Emily Dickinson

“A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world.”

“[On a strained relationship between a tennis champion and her mother:] There comes a time when it's probably not cool for your mom to be your best friend.”

Mother Mom Champion Tennis Being A Mom Your Mom Your Best Friend There Comes A Time Be Your Best

Author:Lindsay Davenport

“A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts the lover afore words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first-born baby, and assures him of a mother's love.”