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Quotes About Mother

Never underestimate the value of a mother in wartime. She has the most to fight for.
~ Gregory Maguire
We love our mother unknowingly, and only realize how deep-rooted that love is at the ultimate separation.
~ Guy de Maupassant
On aime sa mère presque sans le savoir, et on ne prend conscience de toute la profondeur des racines de cet amour qu au moment de la séparation dernière.
~ Guy de Maupassant
This ghost of a mother had begun to ask him questions about who he was and who he truly loved. Was he capable of love?
~ Hanif Kureishi
Oh, said the mother, that is not a turkey. How well he uses his legs, and how upright he holds himself! He is my own child, and he is not so very ugly after all if you look at him properly. Quack, quack! Come with me now. I will take you into grand society, and introduce you to the farmyard, but you must keep close to me or you may be trodden upon. And, above all, beware of the cat. When they reached the farmyard
~ Hans Christian Andersen
language, which he had learnt from his mother. The corn-fields and meadows were surrounded by large forests, in the midst
~ Hans Christian Andersen
flew out and bit him in the neck. Let him alone, said the mother, he is not doing any harm. Yes, but he
~ Hans Christian Andersen
Suddenly an ice-cold wind went through the vast hall, and the blind mother could feel that Death had arrived. 'How have you been able to find your way here?' he asked, 'how have you been able to get here faster than I have?' 'I'm a mother, she said.
~ Hans Christian Andersen
When he finished telling her about the kidnapping, Esperanza's first words were an incredulous, "Win has a mother?" "Yep." Pause. "There goes my spawned-from-a-satanic-egg theory.
~ Harlan Coben
They think my male helplessness is cute. When a single mother does any of those things, she is neglectful and on the receiving end of the superior moms' scorn.
~ Harlan Coben
I thought about my mother and wondered what she realized about her mental health, if she was even capable of engaging in serious introspection. Probably
~ Harlan Coben
The girls were both high school seniors, both pretty in that coltish way. The one sitting on the corner of his old bed—the one he had met for the first time an hour ago—was named Erin. Myron had started dating Erin's mother, a widow and freelance magazine writer named Ali Wilder, two months ago. This party, here at the house Myron had grown up in and now owned, was something of a "coming out" party for Myron and Ali as a couple. The
~ Harlan Coben
They always say that. 'One was a woman. A mother.' It's such sexist crap, isn't it? A civilian is a civilian. The men were fathers. No one ever says that. 'A mother and a woman.' Like that makes it worse than a father and a man.
~ Harlan Coben
Why do your teams never win?" Marcia had asked him. "I draft the kids based on two criteria." "That being?" "How nice the father—and how hot the mom." She
~ Harlan Coben
I miss my mother very much. She was a very sweet and wonderful lady. She had demons she was battling with. Some of her demons were stronger than she would have liked for them to be. She had her flaws just like anything other humans do, but we still stayed in touch and we loved each other very much.
~ Caleb Plant
I also was deeply touched by 'The Nun's Story' because it was the first time I saw my mother in something other than a romantic comedy.
~ Sean Hepburn Ferrer
They expect a certain amount of leniency or mercy from me because I'm a woman, and if you've ever met my mother, you should know that's not even in the cards. She's much tougher than I am - she's a retired schoolteacher, so she's seen it all.
~ Loretta Lynch
I always say I'm one of the toughest mama's boys you're ever gonna meet. And I say that to send a message to all the young thugs out there; that it's nothing to be ashamed of to say you love your mother.
~ Mr. T
My mother is the toughest opponent. Many people think she would go easy on me, but that's not the case.
~ Paige
My mother worked in the old Minsky's troupe, which toured the country in the golden age of burlesque theatre.
~ Seymour Cassel
Music lives in my mother - she's played in bands in Detroit and toured and did the whole thing. So I have somebody who's done it all to just talk to. And we write songs together.
~ India Arie
My mother is caring and selfless, and really looks after me. When I'm touring, she still picks me up from the airport, no matter what time it is.
~ Katie Melua
In case of separation, why should the children be taken from the protecting care of the mother? Who has a better right to them than she? How much do fathers generally do toward bringing them up?
~ Ernestine Rose
My mom kind of led me toward acting. She wanted to be an actress when she was younger. That made me interested in it when I was a kid, because she and I are very close.
~ Stephen Colbert