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Mother To Be Quotes (page 16)

Behind the newspaper Julian was withdrawing into the inner compartment of his mind where he spent most of his time. This was a kind of mental bubble in which he established himself when he could not bear to be a part of what was going on around him. From it he could see out and judge but in it he was safe from any kind of penetration from without. It was the only place where he felt free of the general idiocy of his fellows. His mother had never entered it but from it he could see her with... Flannery O'Connor
Listen," he said. "If you was a fish, Mother Nature'd take care of you, wouldn't she? Right? You don't think them fish just die when it gets to be winter, do ya?"No, but--"You're goddam right they don't J. D. Salinger
Jane-Sweetie, we've talked about your weight-" my mother began. I'm only eight years old," I said. "How about I promise to be anorexic later? James Patterson
Washington Irving quote: "The tie which links mother and child is of such pure and..."
The tie which links mother and child is of such pure and immaculate strength as to be never violated. Washington Irving
Those were the Rommely women: Mary, the mother, Evy, Sissy, and Katie, her daughters, and Francie, who would grow up to be a Rommely woman even though her name was Nolan. They were all slender, frail creatures with wondering eyes and soft fluttery voices. But they were made out of thin invisible steel. Betty Smith
Jodi Picoult quote: "Maybe a mother wasn't what she seemed to be on the surface."
Maybe a mother wasn't what she seemed to be on the surface. Jodi Picoult
J. P. Donleavy quote: "Revenge is what I want. Nothing but pure unadulterated..."
Revenge is what I want. Nothing but pure unadulterated revenge. But my mother brought me up to be a lady. J. P. Donleavy
What can the England of 1940 have in common with the England of 1840? But then, what have you in common with the child of five whose photograph your mother keeps on the mantelpiece? Nothing, except that you happen to be the same person. George Orwell
His mother and father were agnostics, and Jim respected devout Christians in the same way that he respected people who were members of the Graf Zeppelin Club or shopped at the Chinese department stores, for their mastery of an exotic foreign ritual. Besides, those who worked hardest for others, like Mrs. Philips and Mrs. Gilmour and Dr. Ransome, often held beliefs that turned out to be correct. J. G. Ballard
And to be merry best becomes you; for, out of question, you were born ina merry hour. BEATRICE No, sure, my lord, my mother cried; but then therewas a star danced, and under that was I born. William Shakespeare
I wonder if other mothers feel a tug at their insides, watching their children grow up into the people they themselves wanted so badly to be. Jodi Picoult
Oh! that look of love!" continued he, between his teeth, as he bolted himself into his own private room. "And that cursed lie; which showed some terrible shame in the background, to be kept from the light in which I thought she lived perpetually! Oh, Margaret, Margaret! Mother, how you have tortured me! Oh! Margaret, could you not have loved me? I am but uncouth and hard, but I would never have led you into any falsehood for me. Elizabeth Gaskell
No one knew where wandering men had their homes or their origin; and how was a man to be explained unless you at least knew somebody who knew his father and mother? George Eliot
And this is Nymphadora-"Don't call me Nymphadora, Remus," said the young witch with a shudder. "It's Tonks."-Nymphadora Tonks, who prefers to be known by her surname only," finished Lupin."So would you if your fool of a mother had called you 'Nymphadora,' " muttered Tonks. J. K. Rowling
Elizabeth Gilbert quote: "I watched them, thinking that little girls who make their..."
I watched them, thinking that little girls who make their mothers live grow up to be such powerful women. Elizabeth Gilbert

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