#mothers

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Dan clung to her in speechless gratitude, feeling the blessedness of mother love, — that divine gift which comforts, purifies, and strengthens all who seek it.


Louisa May Alcott


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I have a theory about how she might have managed to pull off such a feat. It comes in the form of an equation: Love + Fear = Herculean Strength. It’s how mothers come to fling runaway motorcars from their children.


Franny Billingsley


#mothers #strength #love

I'm a mother," said her mother, in her foodless flat where the dust did not dare to settle, "and I know what I know.


Neil Gaiman


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I'm blessed and I couldn't be more grateful. Do you want to know why? Because I'm a mother, but that's only half of it. I'm blessed because, when I need to, I can still just be a daughter. I get the feeling that there is nothing more precious than to have both of these roles, simultaneously.


Adrianna Stepiano


#motherhood #mothers-and-daughters #motherhood

I think being a mother is the cruelest thing in the world.


Nella Larsen


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And I realized when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.


Mitch Albom


#mothers-love #love

She never called her son by any name but John; 'love' and 'dear', and such like terms, were reserved for Fanny.


Elizabeth Gaskell


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The big difference between my mom and me-- besides the fact that she is dead normal and I'm a magic-handling freak-- is that she's the real thing. She may have a slight problem seeing other people's points of view, but she's honest about it. She's a brass-bound bitch because she believes she knows best. I'm a brass-bound bitch because I don't want anyone getting close enough to find out what a whiny little knot of naked nerve endings I really am.


Robin McKinley


#magic #mothers #humor

Girls," their mother interjected, "you must both stop being strange - it is unattractive. And don't forget your hats. It would be absolutely the end for me if you two came down with freckles at a time like this.


Anna Godbersen


#freckles #hats #humor #luxe #mothers

I hope someday she meets just the right man and has babies - a whole passel of babies, more than I could have - so she understands how it kills me now that she won't let me hug her when she's in obvious distress. (The Life You've Imagined)


Kristina Riggle


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