My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.

My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.

Mothers are the most instinctive philosophers.

Mothers are the most instinctive philosophers.

The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, read more

The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent.

A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their read more

A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all.

A mother's love is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking, it never fails or falters, even though the read more

A mother's love is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking, it never fails or falters, even though the heart is breaking

I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them.

I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them.

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, read more

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.

A mother understands what a child does not say.

A mother understands what a child does not say.

Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs... since the payment is pure love.

Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs... since the payment is pure love.