1,337 Quotes About Motherhood

She knew better than to waste that time. There isn't always someone who wants you singing to him or nibbling his ear or brushing his cheek with a dandelion blossom. Somebody who knows when you're being silly, and laughs and laughs. So long as he was little enough to carry, she could hardly bring herself to put him down.

Motherhood, true motherhood, was what went on when no one else could see.

Our society encourages women to place a very high value on maternity as an essential part of female identity, both a high moral calling and the deepest source of satisfaction on earth. It's not easy to redefine motherhood as handing your baby over to a stranger.

Young mothers are the most vicious tribe in the world if you don't fit in.

I never found myself alone, because of my mother.

Some women are born mothers, some women become mothers, and some have motherhood thrust upon them. I struggled against it all my life, but I think the truth is I was probably born to it. I don't do badly, I don't do well, I just do it.

In the space of his years, my body had taken its full shape and my heart had grown in wisdom, for I understood what it was to be a mother.

Motherhood is a constant battle of going to bed early so you can catch up on sleep and staying awake so you can enjoy some peace and sanity!

Being a mother must be the saddest yet the most hopeful thing in the world, falling into a love that, once started, would never end.