It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't.
Barbara KingsolverRead
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It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't.
God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.
Motherhood is priced Of God, at price no man may dare To lessen or misunderstand.
Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.
Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
It's a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.
A mother has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.
My mother is my root, my foundation. She planted the seed that I base my life on, and that is the belief that the ability to achieve starts in your mind.
By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.
All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.
Is my mother my friend? I would have to say, first of all she is my Mother, with a capital 'M'; she's something sacred to me. I love her dearly...yes, she is also a good friend, someone I can talk openly with if I want to.
Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is not.
My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.
A mother's love is something that no one can explain — It is made of deep devotion and of sacrifice and pain. It is endless and unselfish and enduring, come what may, For nothing can destroy it or take that love away. It is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking, And it never fails or falters even though the heart is breaking.
Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.
Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.
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