Quotes About Motherhood

Pregnancy = "the slow, difficult, and delightful apprenticeship in attentiveness, gentleness, forgetting oneself. The ability to succeed in this path without masochism and without annihilating one's affective, intellectual, and professional personality - such would seem to be the stakes to be won through guiltless maternity.

Fátima regañaba a Clara por su tozudez al negarse a tener hijos. —Tu marido te dejará con el tiempo, o traerá otra mujer a la casa para que le dé hijos. —El mundo ha cambiado, Fátima, los hombres quieren otras cosas, no sólo hijos, y yo estoy muy cerca de tocar un sueño con las manos. Ahora no puedo quedarme embarazada, no podría excavar.

ambos sabemos que mi madre no dejará el castillo, que afrontará la muerte mirándola de frente porque no teme a nada ni a nadie, ni siquiera a Dios.

It's the curse of motherhood. You're required to love us even when we vex you.

I do not tell you often enough, dear Mother, how very grateful I am that I am yours. It is a rare parent who would offer a child such latitude and understanding. It is an even rarer one who calls a daughter friend. I do love you, dear Mama.

I have friends who have children, and they have told me how remarkable it is to have a new life that is a piece of your own flesh anf blood. But I --" "I realized that I didn't love her because she was a piece of me, I loved her because she was a piece of you.

Children," Lady Bridgerton said with a sigh as she retook her seat. "I am never quite certain if I'm glad I had them.

It's just that when you agree to be mother to a child you haven't borne, your responsibility is twice as great. You must work even harder to ensure that child's happiness and welfare.

Well, you know what they say about motherhood," Penelope said. " 'They'?" Daphne murmured. Penelope paused just long enough to shoot her a wry grin. "The years fly by, and the days are endless.

A mãe sempre dissera que, quando uma mulher estava bem-vestida, se sentia bem.

Pero no dejes que la impaciencia te defina —le dijo Violet, con dulzura—. Porque eres mucho más que eso. Eres mucho más que eso y a veces tengo la sensación de que lo olvidas —sonrió; la sonrisa afable de una madre que se despide de su hija—. Dale tiempo, Eloise. Sé paciente. No presiones demasiado.

It's the curse of motherhood. You're required to love us even when we vex you.

do not tell you often enough, dear Mother, how very grateful I am that I am yours. It is a rare parent who would offer a child such latitude and understanding. It is an even rarer one who calls a daughter friend. I do love you, dear Mama.

They said I was a married mother of two but the record sounded like an indie album and they didn't know how to market it! This country is incredibly sexist, as is the music and media industry.

Giving birth to a baby does not make you an infant.

I think having an infant causes a bit of an identity crisis.

It is interesting to break all the rules. I'm not married, I have a baby, and it feels infinitely more right.

My mom has been there for me in moments where I definitely needed her the most, and she has this inherent way of knowing exactly what to say and exactly how to talk to me, whatever the situation.

I've always been concerned about the environment. Becoming a mother only intensified my concern. I became even more alarmed about what we are doing to the earth and what our children will inherit as a result.

From the time I could speak, I knew I wanted to have children. It was just an innate desire.

I didn't have any problem bonding with Honey, but I was plagued with insecurities about my ability to bring up my baby.

There would be more sense in insisting on man's limitations because he cannot be a mother than on a woman's because she can be.

My daughter is my greatest inspiration.

Being able to inspire my kid with what I'm doing now, it's going to help him succeed in the future, and that's one of my main goals here - is to try and succeed on the field, and succeed as a mother.