“It’s not easy being a mother. If it were easy, fathers would do it.”— Bea Arthur, Dorothy, amazon.com
“Mothers and their children are in a category all their own. There’s no bond so strong in the entire world. No love so instantaneous and forgiving.”— Gail Tsukiyama, parade.com
“It’s a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.”— Roald Dahl, parade.com
“When people ask me what it’s like to be a parent, I say that it’s among the hardest things you’ll ever do, but in exchange, it teaches you the meaning of unconditional love.”— Nicholas Sparks, Noah Calhoun, amazon.com
“Sometimes, I look at my parents now and wonder what happened to make them the way they are.”— Stephen Chbosky, amazon.com
“Being abused can seriously affect your ability to distinguish between “not obviously pleased” and “obviously displeased” because abusers go from Neutral to Hostile for absolutely no discernible reason, and eventually you start worrying that everyone is going to be like that and you start feeling thi…”— Anonymous, iwonderwhatsfordinner.tumblr.com
“Too much cleverness and too much learning, accompanied with an ill bringing-up, are far more fatal than total ignorance.”— Plato, amazon.com
“Children are a kind of cartography, and all one has to do is obey the map they present to you on the day they are born.”— Hanya Yanagihara, amazon.com