- Life
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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
- Drawing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whenever I write about motherhood - and I write about it a lot - I am drawing on my experiences as a mother and also my experiences as a daughter.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
A romance novel focuses exclusively on two people falling in love. It can't be about a woman caring for her aging mother or something like that. It can have that element, but it has to be primarily about the male-female relationship.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was happy, I wasn't beaten, and I lacked nothing. But it wasn't what people expect - it was very much sort of pinching and scraping. I don't know how my mother did it.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find it very difficult to be two different characters at the same time - actress and mother.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
In fact, in many ways my mother was quite hippy-dippy, serving macrobiotic food and reading 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.'
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
Now, I am thrilled to be a wife and mother, and I hope to be as good of a mother as my own mother, Carole.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sugarland was a band we started to try to make things better. It was in the aftermath of 9-11; it was in the aftermath of my mother dying... there was a lot of weird stuff that had gone on that made you want to start something good.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
What makes a narcissistic mother so scary? Her absolute power and controlling influence. A narcissistic mother is your only 'friend,' at least until you're old enough to go to school.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having a child doesn't make a woman a mother any more than owning a paintbrush makes her Frida Kahlo.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's no wonder the narcissistic mother will always have a place in literature: she's a freak of nature.
- Baby
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- Nov 07, 2020
America, ever the narcissistic mother, prefers baby bumps to children and expectant mothers to full-fledged bum-and-nose-wiping ones.
- Born
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- Nov 07, 2020
My natural mother died one month after I was born, apparently due to giving birth at an advanced age.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, playing a mother was a point of resistance; the question of 'will I get typecast' was going on in my mind.
- Den
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother thought Hollywood was a den of iniquity, and people came to terrible bad ends there.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020