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Ann Taylor1 quote
Who ran to help me when I fell,
And would some pretty story tell,
Or kiss the place to make it well?
My mother. — Ann Taylor · 1804Charles Dickens1 quote
Pride is one of the seven deadly sins; but it cannot be the pride of a mother in her children, for that is a compound of two cardinal virtues—faith and hope. — Charles Dickens · 1839Forrest Gump1 quote
Mama always had a way of explaining things so I could understand them. — Forrest Gump · 1994James Joyce1 quote
Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is not. — James Joyce · 1915Margaret Mead1 quote
Female animals defending their young are notoriously ferocious and lack the playful delight in combat which characterizes the mock combats of males of the same species. There seems very little ground for claiming that the mother of young children is more peaceful, more responsible, and more thoughtful for the welfare of the human race than is her husband or brother. — Margaret Mead · 1962Mary Collier1 quote
The greatest heroes that the world can know,
To women their original must owe. — Mary Collier · 1740SS Doctor1 quote
You may keep one of your children. The other one must go. — SS Doctor · 1982