Quotes tagged ‘Motherhood’

“I worried that my endometriosis was a curse meant to tell me I didn’t deserve a child. She nearly spat. “Nobody deserves a child.””

— Lena Dunham, harpers.org

“I couldn’t escape these reminders that everybody’s womb was a magical wonderland… except mine.”

— Lynn Chen, cupcakesandcashmere.com

“I take motherhood for granted sometimes. That they'll love you forever. That they'll love you at all.”

— Nancy Won, Elena Richardson, Reese Witherspoon, imdb.com

“Every time, I wished I could just keep walking and not stop until I was well outside the hospital doors. Perhaps the baby could meet me there, and I could carry him far enough away that neither of us would ever have a reason to turn back.”

— Jen Gann, thecut.com

“She can be deliberate and considered—speaking with measured ellipses, holding her chin in her hand, Winnie-the-Pooh-style when thinking—but then erupt with the energy of a 1940s screwball-comedy heroine.”

— Chloe Malle, Vogue, vogue.com

“That's what being a mom is, never being sure you're doing the right thing, but doing it anyway.”

— Michelle Dean, Dee Dee Blanchard, Patricia Arquette, imdb.com

“I'd come everyday if they let me.”

— Ava DuVernay, Robin Swicord, Linda McCray, Marsha Stephanie Blake, imdb.com

“Pat Dubek: We're two moms with a lot of things in common. Cary Dubek: Yeah you both have kids.”

— Chris Kelly, Sarah Schneider, Cary Dubek, Drew Tarver, imdb.com

“You know who you are without me, I need to figure out who I am without you.”

— Mark Andrus, Cindy Chupack, William Sutcliffe, Carol Walker, Angela Bassett, imdb.com

“I don’t want to drown in motherhood. I don’t want my daughter to gasp under this weight.”

— Laura Sievers, humanparts.medium.com

“That makes me happy because I didn’t ever have children, but I feel like I have a lot of daughters.”

— Stevie Nicks, rollingstone.com

“I believe the most important thing about a birth story is that the birthing person felt empowered, heard, and in control, able to advocate for what matters to them and ensuring everything that was done was done with consent.”

— Alyssa Garrison, randomactsofpastel.com

“When Kulture was born, I felt like I was a kid again; everything was making me cry, and I needed a lot of love.”

— Cardi B, wmagazine.com

“My mother was a saint. She will have no books written about her. But she was a saint.”

— Richard Nixon, Mackenzie Ryan, desmoinesregister.com

“It's hard to have little children and a career at the same time. There is no time left for you as a woman.”

— Sandra Day O'Connor, makers.com

“Pam Beesly: Oscar thinks that having a dog is just like having a baby. Angela Martin-Lipton: News flash: If you didn't carry it around for nine months, it isn't your kid. Pam Beesly: Exactly. Unless you adopted, of course. Angela Martin-Lipton: That is where we disagree.”

— Warren Lieberstein, Angela Martin, Angela Kinsey, imdb.com

“Tell Ethan I’ll pick him up tomorrow. Don’t baptize him while I’m gone.”

— Sheila Lawrence, Miriam “Midge” Maisel, Rachel Brosnahan, imdb.com

“A mother never forgets.”

— Chris Carter, Dana Scully, Gillian Anderson, imdb.com

“I just needed to prove I can do it myself, because I’m going to have to do things myself now! And I know you’re here, but still, there are some things I need to do on my own. Okay? As a single mother. Because that’s what I am. And I didn’t see it coming, Abuela… I just wanted to know I can do someth…”

— Corinne Brinkerhoff, Paul Sciarrotta, Jane Villanueva, Gina Rodriguez, imdb.com

“Do you have anything that goes with combat boots? You know, for the mom to be who kicks some ass upon occasion.”

— Curtis Kheel, Piper Halliwell, Holly Marie Combs, imdb.com