Quotes by Make Her Smile I like it when my mother smiles. And I especially like it when I make her smile. Adriana Trigiani make-her-smile smile mother [On her mother:] My relationship with her is close, painful, and skaky, and I always have to keep searching for a sign of love. Everything I do, I do to please her, to make her smile, to ward off her fury. This work is extremely exhausting. Tove Ditlevsen make-her-smile painful mother