1,337 Quotes About Motherhood

I will openly admit it: I was Baba's boy, but Mama is the human I aspire to be.

Being a mother will always have its shiny moments, and its challenging moments, but it's what you make out of those moments that count.

To fit oneself into the smallest spaces in the hopes of being loved -that is entirely womanly

This world makes excuses for fathers who lack interest in the lives of their kids. The same world crucifies mothers who dedicate resources and attention to their kids. It's weird.

My godis frozen-mouth. She is get-out-of-this-town-or-hell-freezes-over. She is paycheckto paycheck. Each night when she goes to bed, my godkisses her kids’ clean faces, then, thanking herself, her own.

You can’t understand! You’re not...a man.’‘Had I been confused on that point, it was put beyond doubt when I pushed you out of my womb. Have you any notion how much you weighed as a baby? Spend two days shitting an anvil we’ll talk again.

All parents are mirrors for their children.

The best calling to have answered was being a mother. 

If someone loves your child even when he's being unlikable, that person becomes your hero.