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Motherhood Quotes

"A society without mothers is a society that has lost respect for life and has ceased to care about life."

"A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity. It dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path."

"Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother."

"Motherhood has most definitely changed me and my life."

"Breastfeeding is the best way to get close to your baby."

"I've only seen my mother cry once, and that was at the end of a book."

"The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother and become fully independent"

"A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them"

"It is right to talk about motherhood as a wonderful thing, but we also need to talk about its stresses and strains. It’s OK not to find it easy, and asking for help should not be seen as a sign of weakness."

"The phrase 'working mother' is redundant"

"Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials"

"Nothing can really prepare you for the sheer overwhelming experience of what it means to become a mother. It is full of complex emotions of joy, exhaustion, love and worry, all mixed together."

"When your mother asks, 'Do you want a piece of advice?' it is a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway."

"My mother was determined to make us independent. When I was four years old, she stopped the car a few miles from our house and made me find my own way home across the fields. I got hopelessly lost."

"Mothers are freedom fighters for their kids. They wake up, swaddle, change, entertain, love, feed, and do it all over again"

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