1,337 Quotes About Motherhood

She says nothing. You say nothing. You know you made a mistake and you are better than this, smarter than this, and I now that being a mother is the hardest job in the world--RIP Love quit too--but the Meerkat didn't need that right now and you're about to apologize--I see it in your eyes--but she throws a book at you.

Florence imagined the Hammer and Sickle metallurgical plant to be an enormous brick factory like the ones in New York. But as she approached she saw it was in fact a small city of its own

A shaft of sunlight pierced the dark cluds and she looked up to see a silver lining. It was a sign, she thought.

Because this is what it means to be the mothers. You're a team of your own, ready to pull your weight, ready to play with pain, ready to leave it all on the field, but you're still on the sidelines waiting for someone else's end-to-end rush, or gunning from three, or taking on four defenders himself.

Pets are almost always fatal, to oneself or to them. It is the curse of possession or motherhood. Mothers ruin their children, choke them like ivy. Dog-lovers steal the souls of their dogs and lose something in exchange. There is an essay on this subject by (I think) Stella Benson called “A Firefly to Steer By.” Everybody ought to read it.

Mother; that woman who still considers you a child irrespective of the stage you are in life

What is it they say? The days are long but the years are short? Whoever said that was a mom with three kids under the age of three. Tired and cranky on an hourly basis, bursting with joy when you put your head on the pillow. Raising kids is hard work. It was something I was happy to do, though.

I'll tell you a secret: Every adult was a kid once and is learning how to be a parent along the way.

I think that’s a special thing...that your daughters will get to grow up and see a woman and a mom who’s making lots of time and space for them, but who’s also making time and space for herself. That changes everything.