“I think about my mother every day. But usually the thoughts are fleeting - she crosses my mind like a spring cardinal that flies past the edge of your eye: startling, luminous, lovely... gone.” ThinkingMindEyePastMotherGoneSpringCrossesEdgesLovelyFleetingLuminousCardinals Author:Meghan O'Rourke
“I'm not certain, but I have a little gypsy blood in me. And my mother always told me that her grandma could give someone the evil eye, and I'd better not cross her because she had some of that blood in her. Mother always believed that she could predict the future, and she had dreams that came true.” GivingLittlesDreamEyeMotherCertainEvilBloodCrossesAlways BelieveGrandmaGypsyEvil Eye Author:Sam Raimi
“I think it is important to be a friend to your kids. But it is also equally important to set boundaries. My mother was a strong influence and so was my dad. My mom was my friend whom I couldn't cross.” ThinkingImportantKidsMotherStrongInfluenceMomDadMy FriendsCrossesMy DadMy MomBoundaries Author:Karisma Kapoor
“O what is it about having one's own Babe upon one's Hip that makes a Woman wish to go home to her Mother? A Desire to say: 'Look, the Circle is compleat'? A Desire to say: 'Look, I have cross'd the Divide and now am more like you'? A Desire to say: 'Look, this Babe I offer you is my most precious Gift'?” LooksHomeMotherDesireWishLike YouOffersCrossesCirclesHipsDividesBabePrecious Gifts Author:Erica Jong
“In a cross-cultural study of 173 societies (by Herbert Barry and L. M. Paxson of the University of Pittsburgh) 76 societies typically had mother and infant sharing a bed; in 42 societies they shared a room but not a bed; and in the remaining 55 societies they shared a room with a bed unspecified. There were no societies in which infants routinely slept in a separate room.” MotherRoomsStudyBedCrossesUniversityInfantPittsburgh Author:Melvin Konner