Famous quotes containing the word mothers:
“Children crawl before they walk, walk before they runeach generally a precondition for the other. And with each step they take toward more independence, more mastery of the environment, their mothers take a step awayeach a small separation, a small distancing.”
—Lillian Breslow Rubin (20th century)
“I have often felt that I cheated my children a little. I was never so totally theirs as most mothers are. I gave to audiences what belonged to my children, got back from audiences the love my children longed to give me.”
—Eleanor Roosevelt (18841962)
“Fathers and sons show much more consideration towards one another than mothers and daughters do.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (18441900)
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