“Mariam saw now the sacrifices a mother made. Decency was but one. ”
“To see her, amid all of it. To see that contentment and beauty were not unattainable things.”
“A mother shows mercy.”
“You need to call on your best and strongest self.”
“My mother s life was way too heavy for me.”
“A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.”
“But there s a story behind everything. How a picture got on a wall. How a scar got on your face. Sometimes the stories are simple, and sometimes they are hard and heartbreaking. But behind all your stories is always your mother s story, because hers is where yours begin.”
“If you can t go back to your mother s womb, you d better learn to be a good fighter.”
“No man is poor who has a Godly mother.”
“My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.”
“My mom smiled at me. Her smile kind of hugged me.”
“A mother s body remembers her babies-the folds of soft flesh, the softly furred scalp against her nose. Each child has it s own entreaties to body and soul.”
“But what Mom never told me is that along the way, you find sisters, and they find you. Girls are cool that way.”
“I loved my mother too, I said. I still do. That s the thing - it never goes away, even if the person does.”
“When you feel neglected, think of the female salmon, who lays 3,000,000 eggs but no one remembers her on Mother s Day”
“كم أشتهي أن أكون ابنة أمي فقط ، و لا أحد لي سواها”
“When did my house turn into a hangout for every grossly overpaid, terminally pampered professional football player in northern Illinois? We like it here, Jason said. It reminds us of home. Plus, no women around. Leandro Collins, the Bears first-string tight end emerged from the office munching on a bag of chips. There s times when you need a rest from the ladies. Annabelle shot out her arm and smacked him in the side of the head. Don t forget who you re talking to. Leandro had a short fuse, and he d been known to take out a ref here and there when he didn t like a call, but the tight end merely rubbed the side of his head and grimaced. Just like my mama. Mine, too, Tremaine said with happy nod. Annabelle spun on Heath. Their mother! I m thirty-one years old, and I remind them of their mothers. You act like my mother, Sean pointed out, unwisely as it transpired, because he got a swat in the head next.”