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This is the reason why mothers are more devoted to their children than fathers: it is that they suffer more read more
This is the reason why mothers are more devoted to their children than fathers: it is that they suffer more in giving them birth and are more certain that they are their own.
A mother who is really a mother is never free.
A mother who is really a mother is never free.
There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one
There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one
A mother's love is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking, it never fails or falters, even though the read more
A mother's love is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking, it never fails or falters, even though the heart is breaking
A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the read more
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 who rejoice with us in our sunshine 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.
The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, read more
The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent.
My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.
My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That is his.
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That is his.
Mothers are the most instinctive philosophers.
Mothers are the most instinctive philosophers.
