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Quotes About Motherhood

I demand for the unmarried mother, as a sacred channel of life, the same reverence and respect as for the married mother; for Maternity is a cosmic thing and once it has come to pass, our conventions must not be permitted to blaspheme it.
~ Ben Lindsey
When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts ... A mother has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.
~ Sophia Loren
Over my slumber your loving watch keep - Rock me to sleep, mother; rock me to sleep.
~ ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN
Adoption is when a child grew in its mommy's heart instead of her tummy.
~ Author Unknown
Creepy. If I ever did that, popped a kid out—which I think is probably as pleasant a process as having your eyeballs pierced by burning, poisonous sticks, I'd say, 'Whoopee, let's do this again?' Have you recently suffered head trauma?" "Not to my knowledge." "Could be coming. Any second.
~ J.D. Robb
Now that I'm a mother I understand being one means the most important thing in the world is keeping your child safe, well, happy.
~ J.D. Robb
But it was too late as Eve had an armful of chubby baby in foaming, lacy pink. Blonde curls in pink ribbons danced as Bella bounced. She said, "Gah," and grinned. "Okay. God. Okay. Why are you always smiling?" Eve demanded. "What do you know?
~ J.D. Robb
Un bambino ha bisogno del grembo materno per venire al mondo. Una volta che ha lasciato il grembo, la madre come datrice di vita è una forza esaurita, come il padre. Da quel momento in poi il bambino ha bisogno di amore e di cure che possono venire da un uomo come da una donna.
~ J.M. Coetzee
One wants to leave something behind. Or at least a man wants to leave something behind. It's easier for a woman.' Why is it easier for a woman? 'Easier I mean to produce something with a life of its own.' Doesn't being a father count? 'Being a father...I can't help feeling that, by comparison with being a mother, being a father is a rather abstract business.
~ J.M. Coetzee
El niño ha sido entregado a su madre. Como uno de esos grises insectos macho cuya única función es transmitir su semilla a la hembra, podría marchitarse y morir. No le queda nada en lo que basar su vida.
~ J.M. Coetzee
Inés quiere ser buena conmigo; quiere ser mi madre, pero en realidad no puede, ¿no es cierto? –Desde luego que puede. Se dedica a ti como solo una madre puede hacerlo. –Ella me gusta aunque no pueda ser mi madre. Y también me gustas tú, Simón. Me gustan los dos.
~ J.M. Coetzee
I don't give a crap what happened between you and Xcor—mother to mother, I care only about you and the babies. And my husband will see my point of view. Trust me." Layla
~ J.R. Ward
I love you, Lassiter," she said without looking away from her daughter. "I know." Mary glanced back at him. "Did you just quote Harrison Ford to me." "Yes, Leia. And it's also true. Go on, Mother, she's safe.
~ J.R. Ward
You put your life on hold for me. And really, I get that. I appreciate that. But I'm not a baby anymore. Let go, Mom.
~ Jaci Burton
As for my mother, there's no other like her in the world, really. Did she bear me just to have a little child to bless her heart? She got her wish.
~ Jack Kerouac
I'm my mother's son & my mother is the universe
~ Jack Kerouac
But the Wild is the Wild, and motherhood is motherhood, at all times fiercely protective whether in the Wild or out of it.
~ Jack London
I talk to my mom about six times a day, and we constantly email in between that. People say that I'm her twin. I guess it would be the Kennedy genes; my cheekbones are coming out.
~ Katherine Schwarzenegger
When certain doors opened around 'Twin Peaks,' I wasn't interested in walking through them. Now I just feel like I'm more open to life. I have two children. My life is not dependent on the business in that way.
~ Sherilyn Fenn
I'm a mother of a three-year-old, but when I started 'California,' my son wasn't even a twinkle in my eye. Because the book took as long as it did, I wrote it before I was pregnant, while I was pregnant, and as a new mother - so I enjoyed a diversity of experiences while creating this world.
~ Edan Lepucki
Twins are a high-risk pregnancy, by definition. The quieter I am, the longer I can keep them growing.
~ Jane Pauley
My mom had no idea she was having twins.
~ Brie Bella
I want at least five kids. I want twins.
~ Amy Winehouse
I have twins and luckily when I first looked at them I felt, I am really into you. I am going to find it easy to love you. But there are mothers out there who do not make that connection. It is a taboo subject but it is not exotic. It is a nightmare.
~ Lynne Ramsay