Quotes tagged ‘Motherhood’

“Claire: It's alright. It is possible to deliver a breach baby. I may have to reach inside and guide it out. Jenny: Alright. But, you'll be fetching me a good stiff dram before we start. Claire: In that case, the baby will likely be drunk, too. Jenny: Then he'll come into the world a true Scot.”

— Toni Graphia, imdb.com

“You gave Jamie up for me. Now I have to give him back to you.”

— Toni Graphia, Brianna Randall Fraser, Sophie Skelton, imdb.com

“I've been trying to figure out if I'm more Fraser or Randall. And I realized, I'm more you than I am either of my fathers. And if I can turn out to be half the woman you are, then I'll be fine.”

— Toni Graphia, Brianna Randall Fraser, Sophie Skelton, imdb.com

“Maternal instinct is always irrational. Doesn't mean it's wrong.”

— Matt Witten, Dr. Lisa Cuddy, Lisa Edelstein, imdb.com

“Lois Griffin: I'm so bored without Stewie around, I don't know what to do. Brian Griffin: We could get hammered.”

— Mike Barker, Matt Weitzman, Brian Griffin, Seth MacFarlane, imdb.com

“I felt sad, sometimes, about the fact that my mother had never told me about what I increasingly felt must be true and what I endeavored to explore in my writing: that motherhood is not always easy, but more than that, it’s not always fulfilling. It’s really, really hard and sometimes disappointing.”

— Laura June, thecut.com

“Shirley: Some day, God willing, I'm gonna be a mother. And if my daughter comes to me and says, 'Mama, I want to go to this bachelor party and come outta this cake'... what can I tell her? Laverne: A lot more than most mothers!”

— Mark Rothman, Lowell Ganz, Laverne De Fazio, Penny Marshall, imdb.com

“You may be a terrible mother, but that don't mean I can't be the loving daughter I want to be.”

— Steven Canals, Blanca Rodriguez, Mj Rodriguez, imdb.com

“My mother was very strong about my doing well in school and living up to my potential. Two things were important to her and she repeated them endlessly. One was to ‘be a lady,’ and that meant conduct yourself civilly, don’t let emotions like anger or envy get in your way. And the other was to be ind…”

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg, amazon.com

“Having a mother is complicated and fraught. Not having a mother is complicated and fraught. Being a mother is complicated and fraught. Not being a mother is complicated and fraught. Sending love to you today, whatever your relationship with motherhood.”

— Celeste Ng, twitter.com

“I couldn't let go of the cool, new mom with the cool job persona.”

— Marilynn Lerum, cupcakesandcashmere.com

“The frailest woman will become a heroine when the life of her own child is at stake. And only the will to save the race and native land or the State, which offers protection to the race, has in all ages been the urge which has forced men to face the weapons of their enemies.”

— Adolf Hitler, amazon.com

“One would think that potential motherhood should make women as a class as sacred as the priesthood. In common parlance we have much fine-spun theorizing on the exalted office of the mother, her immense influence in moulding the character of her sons; ‘the hand that rocks the cradle moves the world,’…”

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton, amazon.com

“On the other side of risking foolishness, you’ll find art, relief, friendship, intimacy. Never has conversation between women—gossip, you might call it, or maybe literature—felt more like salvation.”

— Meaghan O'Connell, readitforward.com

“June George was a sex-positive, encouraging mother. Her daughter, on the other hand, was a little shit.”

— Leila Ettachfini, broadly.vice.com

“Just how many gnarly depictions of motherhood are necessary for anything to change? If our laws and policies reflected the challenges of parenthood, perhaps we wouldn’t feel such pangs upon seeing a counter soaked in breast milk.”

— Jen Gann, thecut.com

“At times I’ve resented straight couples for the ease with which they create life — wondered why I should have to clear such a high bar to have even one child when, say, the Duggars can have 47.”

— Katie Heaney, buzzfeed.com

“Symptoms of PPP can be extreme; delusions are common. In my mother’s case, she was convinced that I was sick and she needed to keep me home to protect me.”

— Nyna Giles, lennyletter.com

“The woman I needed to call my mother was silenced before I was born.”

— Adrienne Rich, amazon.com

“I feel like a draft dodger from the army in which so many of my friends are serving.”

— Sheila Heti, thecut.com