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Mothers

«A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary»
«...human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but...life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves.»
«And it came to me, and I knew what I had to have before my soul would rest. I wanted to belong - to belong to my mother. And in return - I wanted my mother to belong to me.»
Author: Gloria Vanderbilt (Designer, Poet) | About: Mothers | Keywords: in return
«A mother's love is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking, it never fails or falters, even though the heart is breaking»
«Any mother could perform the jobs of several air-traffic controllers with ease.»
Author: Lisa Alther | About: Mothers | Keywords: traffic
«A mother is neither cocky, nor proud, because she knows the school principal may call at any minute to report that her child had just driven a motorcycle through the gymnasium»
«[I kiss the soil] as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly mother. I consider it my duty to be with my compatriots in this sublime and difficult moment.»
«All mothers think their children are oaks, but the world never lacks for cabbages»
Author: Robertson Davies (Author, Journalist) | About: Mothers | Keywords: cabbages, lacks, oaks
«All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother»
Author: Abraham Lincoln (President) | About: Mothers
«An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest»
Author: Spanish Proverb | About: Mothers | Keywords: ounce, ton

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