Quotes by Motherhood Motherhood is a Sisyphean task. You finish sewing one seam shut, and another rips open. I have come to believe that this life I'm wearing will never really fit. Jodi Picoult rip motherhood believe In spite of the pangs of travail, the longing for motherhood remains the most powerful instinct in woman. Joseph Hertz longing motherhood powerful [Never underestimate] the power of dinner. Julia Roberts dinner underestimate motherhood It's the curse of motherhood. You're required to love us even when we vex you. Julia Quinn vex curse motherhood No mom has it all together. We're all dealing with loose ends when it comes to motherhood and our children. Some of us are just better at keeping up appearances, that's all. Julie Ann Barnhill motherhood mom children There is eternal influence and power in motherhood. Julie B. Beck influence-and-power eternal motherhood In the name of motherhood and fatherhood and education and good manners, we threaten and suffocate and bind and ensnare and bribe and trick children into wholesale emulation of our ways. June Jordan motherhood names children Our children will not survive our habits of thinking, our failures of the spirit, our wreck of the universe into which we bring new life as blithely as we do. Mostly, our children will resemble our own misery and spite and anger, because we give them no choice about it. In the name of motherhood and fatherhood and education and good manners, we threaten and suffocate and bind and ensnare and bribe and trick children into wholesale emulation of our ways. June Jordan motherhood children thinking Motherhood is an amazing feeling, and if you get to relive those special moments while working, it works as an icing on the cake. Kids have always been close to my heart, and working with them is a pleasure for me. Kajol motherhood heart kids Philosophy as practice does not mean its restriction to utility or applicability, that is, to what serves morality or produces serenity of soul. Karl Jaspers motherhood philosophy mean Motherhood is this sort of "curtain lifting" of tremendous power that we have individually as women. It's tremendously freaky to have a human being grow inside your body and eventually turn into a human being, and then birth that human being, and then have them be separate from you. Those things are scary. It's also really, really scary to face the idea of losing a child and losing someone you love more than you've loved anything before. All of those things are innately really terrifying, and what it does to me is bring me to a direct kind of confrontation with my human vulnerability. Karyn Kusama motherhood scary children One has only as much morality as one has philosophy and poetry. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel morality motherhood philosophy Your children teach you so much. It's a real mirror of yourself. Kate Hudson motherhood real children I always thought my mother was so damn cute! Kate Hudson motherhood mother cute We need to say that women have sex, have abortions, are at peace with the decision and move on with their lives. We need to say that is their right, and, moreover, it’s good for everyone that they have this right: The whole society benefits when motherhood is voluntary. When we gloss over these truths we unintentionally promote the very stigma we’re trying to combat. Katha Pollitt motherhood sex moving Why must the woman apologize for not having a baby just because she happened to get pregnant? It's as if we think motherhood is the default setting for a woman's life from first period to menopause, and she needs a note from God not to say yes to every zygote that knocks on her door. Katha Pollitt motherhood baby thinking When Lila was born, "I felt like, now I've got a partner in crime". Kate Moss crime born motherhood I also feel like motherhood, especially, is seen usually in movies with this saintly veil over it. There's something about tipping that and showing what's actually going on. Or the wish fulfillment of probably most moms, which is really exciting. It's an area that's unexplored. Kathryn Hahn motherhood mom wish There's something about looking at society's expectation of what [motherhood] is and tipping it. Kathryn Hahn tipping motherhood expectations There's such a crazy social expectation now that we put on ourselves and on each other about what motherhood is supposed to look and feel like. And it's impossible to live up to those standards. You're setting yourself up for failure at every possible turn. Kathryn Hahn motherhood crazy expectations «678910111213141516»