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“I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.”

“By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.”

“When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.”

“A mother has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.”

“Now that virtually every career is an option for ambitious girls, it can no longer be considered regressive or reactionary to reintroduce discussion of marriage and motherhood to primary education. We certainly do not want to return to the simplistic duality of home economics classes for girls and wood shop for boys.”

“I've always been the kind of person that if I take on anything professionally it means commitment to me, so you take it on if you can commit to it and if you know you can accommodate and give your best to it and that's what you do, and I have always done that throughout my life - before marriage, after marriage, before motherhood, after motherhood.”

“If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?”

“Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.”

“No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.”

“Motherhood is a great honor and privilege, yet it is also synonymous with servanthood. Every day women are called upon to selflessly meet the needs of their families. Whether they are awake at night nursing a baby, spending their time and money on less-than-grateful teenagers, or preparing meals, moms continuously put others before themselves.”

“Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials.”

“There is nothing in the world of art like the songs mother used to sing.”