#mother

My mother was extremely controlled, sort of flawless. And I always tend to be a bit more hippie. ↗

— Vera Wang

#bit #controlled #extremely #flawless #hippie

My grandmother made her home at Fox How under the shelter of the fells, with her four daughters, the youngest of whom was only eight when their father died. ↗

— Mary A. Ward

#died #eight #father #fells #four

For example, when my mother died, the people who showed up just to put an apron on to cook, people who really do the right thing, so to speak, as my momma would always say to show that they care, a sense of community that we've lost so much in our country. ↗

— Sela Ward

#care #community #cook #country #died

I had a messy signature as a child, and my grandmother said this suggested I had no regard for other people. She was right. ↗

— Chris Ware

#grandmother #had #i #messy #other

My grandmother was an unparalleled storyteller who gave me a preview of how life might turn out, and also fortified my empathy. ↗

— Chris Ware

#empathy #fortified #gave #grandmother #how

My mother was always encouraging about my wanting to be an artist. ↗

— Chris Ware

#always #artist #encouraging #mother #wanting

The biggest place I look for validation is from my mother. That's the little girl in me that will never grow up. ↗

— Naomi Watts

#girl #grow #grow up #i #little

I have to keep reminding myself that I am their mother. Sometimes we are sitting at home and I feel like we are waiting for our mom to come home. ↗

— Ruby Wax

#come #feel #home #i #i am

I was not a classic mother. But my kids were never palmed off to boarding school. So, I didn't bake cookies. You can buy cookies, but you can't buy love. ↗

— Raquel Welch

#boarding #boarding school #buy #classic #cookies

Who's a boy gonna talk to if not his mother? ↗

— Donald E. Westlake

#boy #gonna #his #mother #talk