Quotes on Working Mom

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.

[Motherhood is] the biggest gamble in the world. It is the glorious life force. It's huge and scary-it's an act of infinite optimism.

A mother has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.

Working moms commonly testify that they feel guilty when they are away from their children and guilty when they are not at their jobs. Devoted fathers certainly miss their children deeply, but it does not seem to be with the same gnawing, primal anxiety that often afflicts women.

The topic of working moms is a tap-dance recital in a minefield.