Ten Literary Quotes for Mom
In honor of the two best moms I know — my wife, Melanie, and my mom, Helen Wasko:
(Quotes found on BrainyQuote and QuoteGarden,)
Victor Hugo
A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.
Honore de Balzac
A mother’s happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.
E.M. Forster
I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.
Peter De Vries:
A suburban mother’s role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.
Tenneva Jordan:
A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.
Oliver Wendell Holmes:
The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men – from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.
William D. Tammeus:
You don’t really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around – and why his parents will always wave back.
Ann Taylor:
Who fed me from her gentle breast
And hushed me in her arms to rest,
And on my cheek sweet kisses prest?
My Mother.Who ran to help me when I fell,
And would some pretty story tell,
Or kiss the place to make it well?
My mother
Oscar Wilde:
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his.
Ambrose Bierce:
Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
Happy Mother’s Day!
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