#mothers

My mum translated this in her head to "witchfinder," which was good because like most West Africans, she considered witchfinding a more respectable profession than policeman. ↗

— Ben Aaronovitch

#west-african #witches #respect

I think this power of living in our children is one of the sweetest things in the world… ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#jo-s-boys #louisa-may-alcott #mothers #louisa-may-alcott

What do girls do who haven't any mothers to help them through their troubles? ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#any #haven #help #mothers #their

Mothers, unless they were very poor, didn't work. Both of my parents had to leave education. My mother had to work in a cotton mill until 18 or 19, when she took some training in domestic science. ↗

— Roger Bannister

#cotton #domestic #education #had #leave

What does the truth matter? Haven't we mothers all given our sons a taste for lies, lies which from the cradle upwards lull them, reassure them, send them to sleep: lies as soft and warm as a breast! ↗

— Georges Bernanos

#does #given #haven #lies #lull

I was lucky to live in the 20th century, when gefilte fish could be purchased in a jar. ↗

— Barbara "Cutie" Cooper

#food #grandmothers #humor #jewish #food

A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dates all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path. ↗

— Agatha Christie

#mothers #dating

I think that the old Mothers started that trend of rehearsing long hours. We went as long as the later bands did except we didn't get paid for it like they did. ↗

— Jimmy Carl Black

#did #except #get #hours #i

I don't know how Frank presented the old Mothers, since I never read the book. There might be some opinions on what he said, but I - or anyone else - could not make any corrections to anything Frank did. ↗

— Jimmy Carl Black

#anyone #anything #book #corrections #could

I think a lot of the Mothers stuff that we recorded was written while we were on the road. ↗

— Jimmy Carl Black

#i think #lot #mothers #recorded #road