"He hesitated for a moment. Then he said softly, "I love you, Mother." He took my hand and kissed it, and folded my fingers round the stem of the rose. He had stripped it of its thorns."

-- Barbara Mertz

#Mother Quotes #Love You Quotes #Son Quotes

“You cannot be spiritually free and financially bound.”
“Together, we can put the brakes on breast cancer...”
“We are all eccentrics in our dreams. Lunatics, even.”

Source : Jonathan Hull (2001). “Losing Julia”, Island Books
“I blush easily. I have difficulty meeting people's eye, difficulty with public speaking, the normal afflictions of the shy, but not to a paralysing degree.”
“Ina May Gaskin is the most important person in maternity care in North America, bar none.”

Source : Marsden Wagner (2006). “Born in the USA: How a Broken Maternity System Must Be Fixed to Put Women and Children First”, p.195, Univ of California Press
“The only reason I've been so critical of hip-hop is because I've always been aware of the effect that it has, and the reflection that it gives of the African-American community”
“Each divorce is the death of a small civilization.”
“Money matters but less than we think and not in the way that we think. Family is important. So are friends. Envy is toxic. So is excessive thinking. Beaches are optional. Trust is not. Neither is gratitude.”

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