Any film I see at two o'clock in afternoon with my mother seems to cast a strange spell that means we both come out sobbing.
Maybe it's because my mother divorced and my grandmother divorced, so maybe I'm frightened deep down. But then I also feel there is no real need. Why do I need to get married? To reassure me? No I don't need reassurance.
Be kind to your mother-in-law, but pay for her board at some good hotel.
My mother's sympathies were strongly with the Union. She knew that war was bound to come, but so confident was she in the strength of the Federal Government that she devoutly believed that the struggle could not last longer than six months at the utmost.
Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
I don't see a white woman. I see a black woman, even though my mother is white. Knowing that has made my life easier, I think.
When I was a kid, my mother told me that if you could not be a good loser, then there's no way you could be a good winner.
My father was a sergeant with the Connecticut state police. My mother was a hairstylist.
My mother, sister and I watched through the windows as my father gambled.
Never marry a man who hates his mother because he'll end up hating you.
Mother is far too clever to understand anything she does not like.
My mother brought me magicians and witches, because I was very ugly, really revolting. So she thought somebody had put a spell on me - this is the truth - so she made me drink some horrible terrifying potions, for year.
My father was a farmer and my mother was a farmer, but, my childhood was very good. I am very grateful for my childhood, because it was full of gladness and good humanity.
The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart.
The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.