Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.

I like it when my mother smiles. And I especially like it when I make her smile

I value mothers and motherhood enormously. For every inattentive or abusive mother in my fiction I think you'll find a dozen or so who are neither.

When this boy was brought to Dr. Young, his name being William, the same as mine, my mother was ordered to change mine to something else. This, at the time, I thought to be one of the most cruel acts that could be committed upon my rights.

Irish is the prominent nationality in the family, but beyond that, I really don't know. I see a lot of artistic or creative influence coming through on my mother's side.

My mother is Irish, my father is black and Venezuelan, and me - I'm tan, I guess.

My mother was a teacher.

If you have a smothering parent, the effect it can apparently have on a child is to give them, in equal doses, a sense of too much self-esteem, because they are mummy's little princess or prince, and low self-esteem. It affects future relationships.

My mother used to sit at the foot of my bed, and she would share her dreams with me.

I have just one black and white photograph left of my mother when she was younger. She was 17 when it was taken and beautiful with wispy curls and eyes that shone like dark marbles.

I guess if there is a big spiritual experience in my life, it is me becoming a mother.

As well as being blind, Ma turned out to have the same mental illness that her mother had had. Between 1986 and 1990, she suffered six schizophrenic bouts, each requiring her to be institutionalised for up to three months.

My mother used to sit at the foot of my bed and she would share her dreams with me.

Like my mother, I was always saying, 'I'll fix my life one day.' It became clear when I saw her die without fulfilling her dreams that my time was now or maybe never.

This country has not been made by politicians, kings or governments. It has been made by farmers, labourers, our mothers and sisters, and youth.

This country has not been made by politicians, kings or governments. It has been made by farmers, labourers, our mothers and sisters, and youth.

Who's a boy gonna talk to if not his mother?

My mother is a walking miracle.

Motherhood is... difficult and... rewarding.

With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood.

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.

When my mother had to get dinner for 8 she'd just make enough for 16 and only serve half.

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom but it is always on her heart.

I got to grow up with a mother who taught me to believe in me.