“As a four-year-old, my mother told me I was climbing the fence, jumping off and calling myself an 'eppyplane'... I bought books on aeroplanes, I followed everything in the newspapers about aeroplanes. Amy Johnson flew to Australia in 1930 - why couldn't I do something like that?” YearsBookMotherFourCallingNewspapersAustraliaClimbingFour YearsFenceJumpingJohnsonFlewAeroplanes1930sAmyJumping Off Author:Nancy Bird Walton
“Several hours later, I heard my mother calling me to come into the house, and it never occurred to me that this was an experience that other children didn't have on a regular basis.” ChildrenMotherHouseHoursHeardCallingBasesRama Author:Frederick Lenz
“Keep everybody out your business, that's how you do it. And I mean everybody. It ain't about having a relationship outside of the house. It's about having a relationship within each other. When something go down don't be calling your sister or your mother; I'm not gonna be calling my brother or uncles. We're gonna work it out.” MeanMotherHouseBrotherCallingMy BrotherWorking ItUncles Author:Ice Cube
“My mother taught me this trick: if you repeat something over and over again it loses its meaning, for example homework homework homework homework homework homework homework homework homework, see? Nothing. Our existence she said is the same way. You watch the sunset too often it just becomes 6 pm you make the same mistake over and over you stop calling it a mistake. If you just wake up wake up wake up wake up wake up wake up one day you'll forget why.” IfsWaySaidMotherLosesForgetExistenceMistakeWatchesExampleTaughtCallingOne DayWake UpTricksRepeatsSunsetOver YouRoutineHomeworkSamenessMonotonySame MistakesPms Author:Phil Kay
“My grandparents never understood why my mother Noreen chose such exotic names for her children: Damon and me. My granny insisted on calling my brother Dermot - a good Irish name - until she died; I was just known as wee one.” ChildrenMotherNamesKnownBrotherCallingUnderstoodDiedMy BrotherGrandparentExoticGrannyDamon Author:Natascha McElhone