Reverend Mother Betina

Famous quotes containing the words reverend and/or mother:

    That reverend Vice, that grey Iniquity, that father Ruffian,
    that Vanity in years.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    Feeling needy—mistaking vulnerability for weakness—doesn’t fit in with our image of what being a mother is all about. If we are needy, how can we care well for a much needier baby? There is a widespread feeling that we have to do it all alone, and if we don’t know something, or can’t manage it, or, heaven forbid, don’t want to, there is something lacking in our makeup.
    Sally Placksin (20th century)