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QUOTES ON MOTHERS

If a man has been his mother’s undisputed darling he retains throughout life the triumphant feeling, the confidence in success, which not seldom brings actual success along with it.

SIGMUND FREUD, A Childhood Recollection

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy.

OSCAR WILDE, The Importance of Being Earnest

Mother love is the most powerful, the most irrational force on earth, even more powerful than sexual love. However, one does lead to the other, so best not to spurn the former.

RITA MAE BROWN, Full Cry

My happiest childhood memories are of times in our backyard. My mother had an old clothesline that hung out in front. It seemed like it stretched a mile long, and I loved sitting in the sun while she hung clothes.

TRACI LORDS, Underneath It All

If my mother put on a helmet and shoulder pads and a uniform that wasn't the same as the one I was wearing, I'd run over her if she was in my way. And I love my mother.

BO JACKSON

Motherhood is an early retirement position. Your children do grow up.

COLLEEN PARRO, PBS interview


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