Mothering

Mothers and their children

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Mothers and their children are in a category all their own. There’s no bond so strong in the entire world. No love so instantaneous and forgiving. Gail Tsukiyama

I think it’s a

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I think it’s a feminine energy, not necessarily men versus women, but a nurturing, mothering, loving energy. I think definitely. But I think you need a balance of both. I think right now we’re just so in the extremes and people are just conditioned and given these gender assignments very early on. Evan Rachel Wood

When your mother asks,

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When your mother asks, ‘Do you want a piece of advice?’ it is a mere formality. It doesn’t matter if you answer yes or no. You’re going to get it anyway. Erma Bombeck

I love my mother

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I love my mother for all the times she said absolutely nothing…. Thinking back on it all, it must have been the most difficult part of mothering she ever had to do: knowing the outcome, yet feeling she had no right to keep me from charting my own path. I thank her for all her … Read more

Mother’s love is peace.

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Mother’s love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved. Erich Fromm

The mother-child relationship is

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The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother’s side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent. Erich Fromm

[A] mother is one

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[A] mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled. Emily Dickinson