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She was not, herself, hugely in favor of motherhood in general. Obviously it was necessary, but it wasn't exactly difficult. Even cats managed it. But women acted as if they'd been given a medal that entitled them to boss people around. It was as if, just because they'd got the label which said "mother", everyone else got a tiny part of the label that said "child"... ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#motherhood #mothers #motherhood

The danger of motherhood. you relive your early self, through the eyes of your mother. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#motherhood #parenting #motherhood

Women do desperately need models for power other than the maternal. ↗

— Lois McMaster Bujold

#gynergy #maternal-influence #motherhood #power #motherhood

A mother is a child's first looking glass into the world. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#children #growing #learning #mom #mother

Your self-esteem is a notch below Kafka. ↗

— Woody Allen

#cockroaches #self-esteem #absurd

My point is, there are a lot of people in the world. No one ever sees everything the same way you do; it just doesn't happen. So when you find one person who gets a couple of things, especially if they're important ones... you might as well hold on to them. You know? ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#couples

One's not half of two; two are halves of one. ↗

— E.E. Cummings

#couples #couples

There have been five great kisses since 1642 B.C...(before then couples hooked thumbs.) And the precise rating of kisses is a terribly difficult thing, often leading to great controversy.... Well, this one left them all behind. ↗

— William Goldman

#couples

I was sixteen and my mother was about to throw me out of the house forever, for breaking a very big rule, even bigger than the forbidden books. The rule was not just No Sex, but definitely No Sex With Your Own Sex. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#books #books-express #sex #sexuality #winterson

That you could fix me? What's more, that I could fix you? Well, Sorry, pet, I don't want to be fixed. - Caleb ↗

— C.J. Roberts

#pets