“Ah! on Thanksgiving day, when from East and from West, From North and South, come the pilgrim and guest, When the gray-haired New Englander sees round his board The old broken links of affection restored, When the care-wearied man seeks his mother once more, And the worn matron smiles where the girl smiled before. What moistens the lips and what brightens the eye? What calls back the past, like the rich pumpkin pie?” MenEyeCarePastMotherGirlRichBrokenWestSouthRoundsLipsAffectionEastBoardsLinksGrayGuestsWornPiePilgrimPumpkinThanksgiving DayNorth And SouthPumpkin Pie Author:John Greenleaf Whittier
“Cupid and my Campaspe play'd At cards for kisses - Cupid paid: He stakes his quiver, bow, and arrows, His mother's doves, and team of sparrows; Loses them too; then down he throws The coral of his lips, the rose Growing one's cheek (but none knows how); With these, the crystal of his brow, And then the dimple of his chin: All these did my Campaspe win. At last he set her both his eyes - She won, and Cupid blind did rise. O Love! has she done this for thee? What shall, alas! become of me?” KnowsLoveDonePlayEyeLastsMotherWinningLosesKnow HowGrowingTeamKissingPaidBlindRoseLipsCardsTheeHis EyesStakesBowsCheeksAlasArrowsCrystalsChinsBrowsDoveSparrowsCupidQuiverDimplesBows And Arrows Author:John Lyly
“I have always believed that national character... depends more on the female part of society than is generally imagined. Precepts from the lips of a beloved mother... sink deep in the heart, and make an impression which is seldom entirely effaced.” HeartCharacterMotherDependsFemaleLipsImpressionBelovedAlways BelieveBeloved Mother Book:The Papers of John Marshall: Correspondence, papers, and selected judicial opinions, January 1824-March 1827 Source: The Papers of John Marshall: Correspondence, papers, and selected judicial opinions, January 1824-March 1827
“We were a family that made our Halloween costumes. Or, more accurately, my mother made them. She took no suggestions or advice. Halloween costumes were her territory. She was the brain behind my brothers winning girl costume, stuffing her own bra with newspapers for him to wear under a cashmere sweater and smearing red lipstick on his lips.” MadeMotherGirlWinningBehindsBrainAdviceBrotherRedLipsNewspapersMy BrotherTerritoryHalloweenSuggestionsCostumesLipstickSweatersBrasRed LipsRed LipstickInspirational HalloweenCashmereHalloween Costume Author:Ann Hood
“And, indeed, is there not something holy about a great kitchen?... The scoured gleam of row upon row of metal vessels dangling from hooks or reposing on their shelves till needed with the air of so many chalices waiting for the celebration of the sacrament of food. And the range like an altar, yes, before which my mother bowed in perpetual homage, a fringe of sweat upon her upper lip and the fire glowing in her cheeks.” MotherWaitingFireAirNeededHolyEatingLipsRangeKitchenSweatMetalsCelebrationPerpetualCheeksShelvesSacramentsHookVesselFringeAltarsGlowingHomageGleamCookeryIrreverenceChalice Author:Angela Carter