“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,
― 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
― 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
― 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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