A mother never realizes that her children are no longer children. James Agee
When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child. Sophia Loren
But while being a mother is admittedly a lifelong preoccupation, it cannot, should not, must not be a lifelong occupation…Melinda M. Marshall
Working mothers are just as likely to want to conform to a standard of perfection – and just as likely to suffer from their failure to meet it – as their stay-at-home counterparts. Melinda M. Marshall
Every mother is like Moses. She does not enter the promised land. She prepares a world she will not see. Pope Paul V
Normally an infant learns to use his mother as a ‘beacon of orientation’ during the first five months of life. The mother’s presence is like a fixed light that gives the child the security to move out safely to explore the world and then return safely to harbor. Louise J. Kaplan
My mother always said don’t marry for money, divorce for money. Wendy Liebman
My mom was a ventriloquist and she always was throwing her voice. For ten years I thought the dog was telling me to kill my father. Wendy Liebman
I found out why cats drink out of the toilet. My mother told me it’s because the water is cold in there. And I’m like, how did my mother know that? Wendy Liebman
Every man must define his identity against his mother. If he does not, he just falls back into her and is swallowed up. Camille Paglia