#moth

I suppose you could say my father's world was Thomas Hardy and my mother's D.H. Lawrence. ↗

— Seamus Heaney

#father #hardy #i #lawrence #mother

I am a better mother for having something in my life and not just my children. ↗

— Katherine Heigl

#better #better mother #children #having #i

I just ultimately wanted to be a mother. I love children. ↗

— Katherine Heigl

#i #i love #just #love #mother

If I spread myself too thin, I'm not a good actor, I'm not a good mother, and I'm just really high-strung - and everybody hates me. ↗

— Katherine Heigl

#everybody #good #good actor #good mother #hates

My mother is a realist, and she's had biological and adoptive children, and she said it's no different: No matter what, they're putting a stranger into your arms. You don't know them yet. ↗

— Katherine Heigl

#biological #children #different #had #into

If I tried to shout over my older brother, my mother told me keep quiet. If I tried to shout over my little sister, my father told me to shut up. I found the best way to be heard was to lower my voice and actually speak when I had something to say. ↗

— Peter Welch

#best #best way #brother #father #found

My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the heck she is. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#exercise #family #grandmothers #grandparents #humor

I grew up with all mothers, all women. I come from a long line of matriarchs, very strong women. ↗

— Erykah Badu

#grew #i #line #long #long line

I dress in a sophisticated and classy way - I always dress in a way I know my mother wouldn't be embarrassed to see. ↗

— Jessie Ware

#classy #dress #embarrassed #i #i always

Completeness? Happiness? These words don't come close to describing my emotions. There truly is nothing I can say to capture what motherhood means to me, particularly given my medical history. ↗

— Anita Baker

#capture #close #come #completeness #describing