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Motherhood Quotes


"What a mother wants is to hold her babies when they're small and to be held by them once they've grown tall. It's empty arms a mother dreads."


"Kasturi was in the seventh month of gestating Coinman-a high-attention and high-priority stage of a pregnancy-a time that requires utmost care in bringing one life safely to the world without losing the other."


"I thank my mother (Ma, you're only second cause you got the dedication), who used to make me write essays whenever I got into trouble, explaining exactly what I'd done and why I'd done it."


"It's the curse of motherhood. You're required to love us even when we vex you."


"Motherhood, true motherhood, was what went on when no one else could see."


"Of course a woman who decides to work full time as a mother in the home can be happy and deserves full respect from us. Motherhood is one of the most challenging and creative jobs anyone can do. The goal is to remake the world so that our choices are not so stark."
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