“Mothers tend to be more direct. Fathers talk to other fathers about their kids more metaphorically. It's a different way of communication.” WayDifferentKidsMotherFatherCommunicationDirectDifferent Ways Author:Richard Louv
“When I was eight years old, I wrote a paragraph-long short story about a goat on my mother's hundred-pound, black-and-white-screen laptop. The story came about largely because I liked the way the word 'goat' looked on the page, but I decided then and there that I wanted to be a writer. That desire never changed.” WayYearsLongStoriesWantedMotherDesireBlackWhiteChangedPagesHundredDecidedEightScreensPoundsShort StoryBlack And WhiteNever ChangeGoatsParagraphLaptops Author:Tea Obreht
“Without a doubt my mother was an inspiration for my writing. This is true in many ways, but mostly because she is a wonderful storyteller, without even knowing it.” WayWritingInspirationMotherKnowingDoubtWonderfulStoryteller Author:Elizabeth Strout
“I eat excellent bread, clean meat, good crisp veggies, organic fruits and nice wine and cheese. It is one of the things I am truly grateful for. I'm not kidding. You can't ask a single mother of three working two jobs for minimum wage to eat that way. I am lucky.” WayTwoJobsMotherThreeAsksNiceLuckyGratefulWineCleanFruitBreadExcellentMeatCheeseMinimumMinimum WageCrispsSingle MotherTwo JobsWine And Cheese Author:Rachael Taylor
“I told Mother of my decision to study medicine. She encouraged me to speak to Father... I began in a roundabout way... He listened, looking at me with that serious and penetrating gaze of his that caused me such trepidation, and asked whether I knew what I wanted to do.” WayWantedMotherFatherSpeakDecisionStudySeriousMedicineTrepidation Book:In praise of imperfection: my life and work Source: In praise of imperfection: my life and work
“When you're interviewing someone, even your mother - you have to sort of deal with you have to get some objective space from yourself and the person but you also have to find what's the best way to get the information from that person.” WayPersonsMotherSpaceDealsInformationBest WayObjectivesInterviewing Someone Author:James McBride
“If I tried to shout over my older brother, my mother told me keep quiet. If I tried to shout over my little sister, my father told me to shut up. I found the best way to be heard was to lower my voice and actually speak when I had something to say.” IfsWayLittlesMotherFoundFatherSpeakVoiceHeardBrotherQuietBest WayShut UpOlder BrotherLittle Sister Author:Peter Welch
“I don't believe in regretting - one should try to move on. My mum was good at that. She was deeply in love with my father, and he died when I was nine. She remarried, and her second husband died, too. I saw the grieving process she went through. My mother had this way of moving on. It was a fine trait.” WayShouldTryingBelieveMovingMotherFatherProcessSawsRegretFineHusbandDiedDon't BelieveNineGrievingTraitsMumDeeply In LoveGrieving Process Author:Robert Winston
“Over the years, I’ve worried that my directness could come off as brusque or my criticisms heard in an outsize way, especially by male colleagues. I sometimes wondered whether expressing even my mildest reservation reminded someone of a chastising mother or complaining wife.” WayYearsSometimesMotherWifeHeardCriticismMalesComplainingWorriedColleaguesReservations Author:Jill Abramson
“I'm a forgiver. I might not forget, but I forgive. My mother, father and older brother always told me: 'Don't hold grudges. If you do that, you don't lower yourself down to your adversary. Just treat people the way you want to be treated.' I honestly think that's why I was able to survive and have some success.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayWantMightAbleMotherFatherForgetBrotherTreatsForgivingHonestlyTreatedAdversariesGrudgeOlder Brother Author:Monte Irvin
“It is not fashionable anymore, I suppose, to have a regard for one's mother in the way my brother and I had then, in the mid-1950s, when the noise outside the window was mostly wind and sea chime.” WayMotherSeaBrotherWindWindowRegardNoiseMy BrotherFashionableChimes Book:Let The Great World Spin Source: Let The Great World Spin
“The earth is at the same time mother, She is mother of all that is natural, mother of all that is human. She is mother of all, for contained in her are the seeds of all. The earth of human kind contains all moistness, all verdancy, all germinating power. It is in so many ways fruitful. All creation comes from it. Yet it forms not only the basic raw material for humankind, but also the substance of the incarnation of God's son.” WayHumansKindEarthFormMotherNaturalCreationSonMaterialsEnvironmentalSeedsSubstanceHumankindIncarnationRaw Materials Author:Hildegard of Bingen
“I spent a lot of time reading blogs by mothers who had children with varying degrees of neural dysfunction, from schizophrenia to all sorts of different issues. And honestly, I don't think it's different for anybody. There's no right way to make sure your child will be emotionally and mentally healthier. It's just frustrating.” ThinkingWayChildrenDifferentMotherReadingIssuesDegreesOur ChildrenHonestlyYour ChildrenRight WayFrustratingBlogsSchizophreniaDysfunction Author:Vera Farmiga
“Our message today is one of hope. It is about potential waiting to be fulfilled: the surest way to meet the global challenges we face now and in the future is to make every mother and child count.” WayChildrenTodayFacesMotherWaitingChallengesMessagesFulfilledMother And ChildChallenges We Face Author:Lee Jong-wook