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“A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.”

“The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.”

“Insanity is hereditary; you get it from your children.”

“All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.”

“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.”

“The worker can unionize, go out on strike; mothers are divided from each other in homes, tied to their children by compassionate bonds; our wildcat strikes have most often taken the form of physical or mental breakdown.”

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

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

“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.”

“Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.”

“The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.”

“My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.”

“A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.”

“I believe that mothers should tell the truth, even - no, especially - when the truth is difficult. It's always easier, and in the short term can even feel right, to pretend everything is okay, and to encourage your children to do the same. But concealment leads to shame, and of all hurts shame is the most painful.”

“One of the darkest, deepest shames so many of us mothers feel nowadays is our fear that we are Bad Mothers, that we are failing our children and falling far short of our own ideals.”

“My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.”

“Today there are people trying take away rights that our mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers fought for: our right to vote, our right to choose, affordable quality education, equal pay, access to health care. We the people can't let that happen.”

“When your mother asks, 'Do you want a piece of advice?' it is a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway.”

“All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.”

“Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.”

“Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.”