Nan is the mortar that holds the tiles of their family together.

Mom could make small things seem miraculous. That was her talent.

In the end, Mothers are always right. No one else tells the truth.

My mother's menu consisted of two choices: Take it or leave it.

There's no bitch on earth like a mother frightened for her kids.

Sweater, n. Garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children

Mothers are inscrutable beings to their sons, always. ("The Higgler")

Mother s love is peace It need not be acquired it need not be deserved

Mothers are only human, you turn it over to God and then you just wing it.

If there are not mothers, where will men come from and who will feed them?

Our fathers were demons,' Catarina said. 'Our mothers were heroes.

The only love that I really believe in is a mother s love for her children

Our mothers always remain the strangest, craziest people we've ever met.

I wanted to soothe and comfort her, the way she had comforted her daughters.