“I thought if my son was now eighteen years old and he was tempted to join the fight and take the burden of protecting his family - because it's always tempting especially for young men - what would I do as a mother to stop him?” IfsMenYearsYoungMotherFightingSonBurdenYoung ManMy SonTemptedEighteenTemptingEighteen Years Old Author:Nadine Labaki
“The crime of a mother is a heavy burden.” MotherCrimeBurdenHeavyHeavy Burdens Book:Racine's Phèdre, literally tr. by R. Mongan Source: Racine's Phèdre, literally tr. by R. Mongan
“In order to provide the German housewife, above all mothers of many children...with tangible relief from her burdens, the Fuhrer has commissioned me to bring into the Reich from the eastern territories some four to five hundred thousand select, healthy, and strong girls.” ChildrenMotherOrderGirlStrongFiveFourHealthyThousandHundredBurdenReliefTerritoryEasternSelectTangibleHousewifeStrong Girl Author:Fritz Sauckel
“She [a mother] never outgrows the burden of love, and to the end she carries the weight of hope for those she bore. Oddly, very oddly, she is forever surprised and even faintly wronged that her sons and daughters are just people, for many mothers hope and half expect that their new-born child will make the world better, will somehow be a redeemer. Perhaps they are right, and they can believe that the rare quality they glimpsed in the child is active in the burdened adult.” PeopleWorldBelieveChildrenEndsMotherBornHalfQualityForeverSonDaughterAdultsWeightBurdenActiveCarrieBoresRedeemerSon And DaughterWronged Author:Florida Scott-Maxwell
“Emotional damage is never easy to measure, but mothers who are alive but psychically absent impose filial burdens which knot their children's feelings in a way biologic orphans are spared.” WayChildrenFeelingsMotherEasyAliveEmotionalBurdenDamageAbsentOrphanKnotsFilial Author:Eileen Simpson
“Mothers of young children, your work is most holy. You are fashioning the destinies of immortal souls. The powers folded up in the little ones that you hushed to sleep in your bosoms last night, are powers that shall exist forever. You are preparing them for their immortal destiny and influence. Be faithful. Take up your sacred burden reverently. Be sure that your heart is pure and that your life is sweet and clean.” HeartChildrenLittlesSoulLastsYoungLife IsMotherNightSleepDestinyForeverInfluenceSweetHolyPureSacredCleanBurdenFaithfulImmortalPreparingLast NightBosomsYoung ChildrenBeing FaithfulImmortal SoulLife Is Sweet Author:J.R. Miller