“War I abhor, and yet how sweet The sound along the marching street Of drum and fife, and I forget Wet eyes of widows, and forget Broken old mothers, and the whole Dark butchery without a soul.” WarSoulWholeEyeMotherSoundDarkForgetStreetsSweetBrokenWetWidowsButcheryWet Eyes Author:Seneca the Younger
“Any mother with half a skull knows that when Daddy's little boy becomes Mommy's little boy, the kid is so wet he's treading water.” KnowsLittlesKidsMotherWaterHalfBoysWetDaddySkullsLittle BoysTreadingTreading Water Book:Forever, Erma: Best-Loved Writing From America's Favorite Humorist Source: Forever, Erma: Best-Loved Writing From America's Favorite Humorist
“One of the monstrous things that slavery in this country caused was the breakup of families. I mean, physical labor, horrible; beatings, horrible; lynching death, all of that, horrible. But the living life of a parent who, A, has no control over what happens to your children, none. They don't belong to you. You may not even nurse them. They may be shipped off somewhere, as in "Beloved" the mother was, to be nursed by somebody who was not able to work in the fields and was a wet nurse.” MayChildrenCountryHappensAbleMotherParentFieldsLaborOur ChildrenSlaveryHorribleLive LifeBelovedYour ChildrenBreakupNurseWetMonstrousLynching Author:Toni Morrison