Collecting quotes on a variety of subjects is a beloved hobby of mine. There is simply nothing better to get my creative juices flowing than a heartfelt collection of words from a variety of sources. This grouping is my gift to you. Read, enjoy, and leap off creatively.
“The human heart was not designed to beat outside the
human body and yet, each child represented just that - a parent's heart bared,
beating forever outside its chest.”
― Debra Ginsberg
“Motherhood is near to divinity. It is the highest, holiest service to be assumed by humankind.”
― Howard W. Hunter
“I think that the best thing we can do for our children is
to allow them to do things for themselves,
allow them to be strong, allow them
to experience life on their own terms, allow them to take the subway...let them
be better people, let them believe more in themselves.”
― C. Joybell C.
“The best way to keep children at home is to make the home
atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires.”
― Dorothy Parker
“(24/7) once you sign on to be a mother, that's the only
shift they offer.”
― Jodi Picoult
“But kids don't stay with you if you do it right. It's the
one job where, the better you are, the more surely you won't be needed in the
long run.”
― Barbara Kingsolver
“A mother knows what her child's gone through, even if she
didn't see it herself.”
― Pramoedya Ananta Toer
“In a child's eyes, a mother is a goddess. She can be
glorious or terrible, benevolent or filled with wrath, but she commands love
either way. I am convinced that this is the greatest power in the universe.”
― N. K. Jemisin
“She [my mother] was the force around which our world
turned. My mother was propelled through the universe by the brute force of reason.
She was the judge in all our arguments. One disapproving
word from her was
enough to send us off to hide in a corner, where we would cry and fantasize our
own martyrdom. And yet. One kiss could restore us to princedom. Without her,
our lives would dissolve into chaos.”
― Nicole Kraus
“It's come at last", she thought, "the time when
you can no longer stand between your children and heartache.”
― Betty Smith
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