- Nov 07, 2020
Mother Quotes
On mothers, their advice, and what stays with us.
Several of these lines trace back to childhood impressions left by a mother's words, whether about appearance, privacy, or simply keeping close watch. For prayer-toned reflections, see Prayers.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I heard Edward Snowden's story, it reminded me of my mother in a strange way. She was in the French resistance from early on, 1941. At that time, the Resistance were considered troublemakers - even traitors - in France.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was an actress in comedies. My father wrote scenarios. They were not opposed to my being an actor. I really didn't know what it meant, but I wanted to be one anyway.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born on September 30, 1939, in Rosheim, a small medieval city of Alsace in France. My father, Pierre Lehn, then a baker, was very interested in music, played the piano and the organ, and became, later, having given up the bakery, the organist of the city. My mother Marie kept the house and the shop.
- Detested
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always detested any departure from reality, an attitude which I relate to my mother's poor mental health.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I lived in China, there were no libraries. My mother bought books for me, and they were mostly the classics. I read 'Peter Pan,' 'The Secret Garden,' the 'Rosemary' books, and Kipling's 'Just So' Stories was one of my favorites. No, I didn't read historical fiction. It didn't exist where I was growing up in China.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Bronxville, New York, we went to public school there, before London. Mother had a great belief in public school. She said it was very good for us to meet all the neighborhood kids.
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mother and Dad were destined to have a gaggle of children. We would not have been complete if they had stopped at two or four or even six. Nine of us we had to be.
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I looked at my mother, I always saw a bit of Ireland. And I suppose when I look to Ireland, I see a bit of my mother - her faith, her wit, her endurance.
- Fruit
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- Nov 07, 2020
Art is a fruit that grows in man, like a fruit on a plant, or a child in its mother's womb.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
We grew up in a very strange world, because my mother was up against it all when she had three black children.
- Parent
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's my theory that many writers were the confidantes of one or the other parent. I was my mother's confidante; she had been her mother's confidante.
- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was the dearest, sweetest angel. She didn't talk; she sang. She was a tower of strength.
- Nov 07, 2020