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- 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
- Nov 07, 2020
I got a mother who's very strong after taking the whippings that she took from my father.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love my mother. She's my first love. She has been through a lot and is a sole survivor.
- Line
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- Nov 07, 2020
While researching my ancestry I have unearthed many skeletons. It would seem that I come from a long line of ne'er-do-wells, especially on my mother's side.
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to get into bed with my mother every morning, almost until she died, and talk about everything. She was my closest confidante always. I had no secrets from her.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother died of a stroke in 1974, and for a long time, I blamed myself. She was utterly devastated when I told her I was a lesbian not long before.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was 5, my mother threw a party, and a friend and I wrote and performed a play called The Dutch Doll.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try not to judge my characters. If I'm looking at it from the outside, I'd say, 'No, she's not really a great mother.' But she wishes she were, and she wants to be, and she still has instincts toward protecting her son and wanting him to be a happy person.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was born on Christmas Day in 1934. He grew up in what is now part of North Korea. When the Korean War began, my father was 16, and he found passage on an American refugee ship,thinking he'd be gone for just a few days, but he never saw his mother or his sister again.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love my mother. I do love her.
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- Nov 07, 2020
But some things are the same. My mother still owns the house I grew up in, on what would now be called a cul de sac, but which the sign on the corner called a dead end street.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in a small town. My parents, my father was a teacher. My mother was a housewife.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The ideal mother, like the ideal marriage, is a fiction.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Playing Ann Landers is like channeling my mother. That combination of love and the enjoyment of life is my mother. And you find that combination in Ann Landers' letters.
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- Nov 07, 2020