“But in my own particular case, there was something that happened when I became a mother. Whenever in the news I saw an example of a child being abused or mistreated, my response went from being appalled to being physically revolted.” ChildrenMotherMy OwnCasesSawsHappenedExampleParticularNewsResponseMistreated Author:Mercedes Ruehl
“I got a very strong sense from my mother, in particular, that we are all equal in the sight of God.” MotherStrongParticularEqualSightVery Strong Author:Johann Lamont
“My mother says that some books are good no matter when you read them, and some are good at a particular moment; they come into your life at just the right time.” BookMatterMomentsMotherParticularRight Time Author:Julie Schumacher
“For me, surfing is as close a connection I can have with Mother Nature. To surf, you're riding a pulse of energy from Mother Nature. And it's strong. It's real. It's there. And you're dancing with that. You're connecting with that. You're might be the only person in the history of the universe that connects with that particular pulse of energy.” PersonsI CanRealMightMotherUniverseEnergyStrongParticularConnectionsDancingRidingConnectingSurfingPulseMother NatureSurf Author:Xavier Rudd
“John Lilly suggests whales are a culture maintained by oral traditions. Stories. The experience of an individual whale is valuable to the survival of its community. I think of my family stories-Mother's in particular-how much I need them now, how much I will need them later. It has been said when an individual dies, whole worlds die with them. The same could be said of each passing whale.” ThinkingWorldNeedsHas BeensSaidWholeStoriesMotherDiesCultureIndividualCommunityParticularSurvivalTraditionMy FamilyValuableWhole WorldPassingPassingsWhalesOral Tradition Book:Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place Source: Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place
“The mother's and father's attitudes toward the child correspond to the child's own needs.... Mother has the function of making himsecure in life, father has the function of teaching him, guiding him to cope with those problems with which the particular society the child has been born into confronts him.” NeedsChildrenHas BeensProblemMotherFatherBornAttitudeTeachingParticularFunction Book:THE ART OF LOVING Source: THE ART OF LOVING
“Listening to learn isn't about giving advice--at least not until asked--but about trying to understand exactly what someone means,how it is that someone looks at and feels about her particular situation.... Listening to learn from a daughter in adolescence, conspiring with her thoughts and feelings, keeps a mother in touch with a daughter's growing and changing self.” GivingFeelsTryingLooksMeanSelfFeelingsMotherSituationGrowingAdviceParticularListeningDaughterAdolescenceThoughts And FeelingsGiving AdviceConspiring Author:Elizabeth Debold