#moth

Writers always say, 'I always knew I wanted to be a writer; when I was a three-month-old foetus a pen formed in my hand and I began to scratch my first story on the inside of my mother's womb.' I started later, in my early twenties. ↗

— Harlan Coben

#began #early #first #formed #hand

I've always been so apathetic. I figured, OK, maybe the world is going to fall down around me. Now I want to make a better world... that's motherhood. ↗

— Cass Elliot

#apathetic #around #been #better #better world

People talk about retiring. I never said that r-word. People though I went away after the Olympic Games. I took time off to do something I've always wanted to be - a mother. ↗

— Gail Devers

#after #always #away #games #i

Hoover was incredibly ambitious as a young man. He was highly motivated to succeed in Washington, primarily due to his mother's expectations of him. ↗

— Leonardo DiCaprio

#due #expectations #highly #him #his

Geisha because when I was living in Japan, I met a fellow whose mother was a geisha, and I thought that was kind of fascinating and ended up reading about the subject just about the same time I was getting interested in writing fiction. ↗

— Arthur Golden

#because #ended #fascinating #fellow #fiction

When I was young, my mother would not let me get my ears pierced because I used to get into too many fights. ↗

— Kelly Hu

#ears #fights #get #i #into

Today, Arizona's sons and daughters, mothers and fathers are proudly serving their country. ↗

— Jane D. Hull

#country #daughters #fathers #mothers #proudly

I was born in Norway, and when I was little I went to live in Detroit, Michigan. My father was a professor of philosophy at Wayne University, and my mother was also a teacher. ↗

— Marta Kristen

#born #detroit #father #i #i was born

I know many Catholics love God with all their heart. I have genuine respect for anyone who truly has given their life to Christ. We read about Mother Teresa and what a wonderful example she was. ↗

— Bill McCartney

#anyone #catholics #christ #example #genuine

My mother and I could always look out the same window without ever seeing the same thing. ↗

— Gloria Swanson

#could #ever #i #look #mother