Motherness Quotes & Sayings

She picked up her book and tried to read but it was heavy in her hands. She struggled to hold it, wanting to finish the story, wanting to know how it ended. She was afraid she'd run out of time before she ran out of book. — Louise Penny

After five seconds there was a click, and the entire Universe was there in the box with him. — Douglas Adams

To me, a big crossover was what happened to me years ago, like bringing my music in Spanish to Europe, or Asia. To me, that's a crossover because Spanish is not a language that everybody talks. — Thalia

But now I see there's no such thing as "a" woman, "one" woman. There are dozens inside every one of them. I probably should have figured this out sooner, but what child can see the women inside her mom, what with all the Motherness blocking out everything else? — Kelly Corrigan

I must try to remember that Art with Small Boys is best left to professionals, or people with ready access to tranquilizers. — Gil McNeil

undemonstrative in a burly fat-pig style — Joseph Conrad

Dementia: Is it more painful to forget, or to be forgotten? — Joyce Rachelle