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“Listen, it's not nice to have your mum kill herself, that is difficult. But at the end of the day, it happened a long time ago. My mother was, I hope, not the reason that I have been successful. It's not as simplistic as 'My mum killed herself; I've got to prove myself.' I was very lucky that my parents took an interest in me...”

“Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.”

“I cannot forget my mother. [S]he is my bridge. When I needed to get across, she steadied herself long enough for me to run across safely.”

“Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.”

“[A] mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.”

“Only mothers can think of the future - because they give birth to it in their children.”

“It's not work, it is more of a passion. It is so much fun and it is really makes you feel great at the end of the day. You feel like you are really after doing something good and you are after accomplishing something. Acting is one of these things that I can't really describe - it's just like, why do you love your mum and dad? You know, you just do.”

“Most mothers kiss and scold together.”

“The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.”

“A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.”

“Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is not.”

“Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.”

“God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“My mother... she is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her.”

“Youth fades, love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all.”

“From quite early on, I had this idea of compartmentalized identities - 'this is how you are when you are with your mum, and this is how you are when you are with your dad' - so it seemed like I could never absolutely be myself. And the image of myself as compromised and inconsistent made me want to withdraw from the world even further. I had a sense of formulating a paper-mache version of myself to send out in the world, while I sat controlling it remotely from some smug suburban barracks.”

“Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together.”

“A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.”

“Walter Plinge said: "You know she asked me a very silly question Mrs Ogg! It was a silly question any fool knows the answer!" "Oh, yes," said Nanny. "About houses on fire, I expect..." "Yes! What would I take out of our house if it was on fire!" "I expect you were a good boy and said you'd take your mum," said Nanny. "No! My mum would take herself!" "What would you take out then, Walter?" Nanny said. "The fire!”

“Hedwig didn't return until the end of the Easter holidays. Percy's letter was enclosed in a package of Easter eggs that Mrs. Weasley had sent. Both Harry's and Ron's were the size of dragon eggs, and full of home-made toffee. Hermione's, however, was smaller than a chicken's egg. Her face fell when she saw it. "Your mum doesn't read Witch's Weekly, by any chance, does she, Ron?" she asked quietly. "Yeah," said Ron, whose mouth was full of toffee. "Gets it for the recipes." Hermione looked sadly at her tiny egg.”