569 Quotes About Mothers

When Jordan was a baby he sat on top of me much as a fly rests on a hill of dung. And I nourished him as a hill of dung nourishes a fly, and when he had eaten his fill he left me.Jordan...I should have named him after a stagnant pond and then I could have kept him, but I named him after a river and in the flood-tide he slipped away.

We’re all carrying our coffins with us every day.” Or “We are all constantly cheating death.

It was Sunday, and Mumma had gone next door with Lena and the little ones. Under the pepper tree in the yard Pa was sorting, counting, the empty bottles he would sell back: the bottles going clink clink as Pa stuck them in the sack. The fowls were fluffing in the dust and sun: that crook-neck white pullet Mumma said she would hit on the head if only she had the courage to; but she hadn't.

But if she doesn’t learn nostalgia now, how will I ever teach herregret? I have to get her ready for the future.

One shovelful of dirt at a time.

Mother’s love is infinite. A child can’t outgrow it and a mother can’t conceal it.

I just want to make sure Mama. Sometimes I don’t even know what I want. A lot of times I’m just tired.” Mama reached up and smoothed Liza’s curls away from her face. “Well darlin’, that’s the sign of a life being lived. I think we’re all tired when we’re giving it our best.

A mother will birth her baby once, but she will spend a lifetime birthing a person.

Mothers can look through a child's eyes and see tomorrow.