Ayelet Waldman Quotes

I love children and I love family and I love that interaction. Because I had a really close relationship with my mother, I understand that deep powerful love, and it's so beautiful. To be a mother to a child is the most brilliant gift; it's gorgeous.

I always say, you never know how much your parents loved you until you have a child to love.

I think one of the worst things that happened to me was, you know, my voluntary fallout with my father. And then the greatest thing that happened to me was when I saw the light, and realized I needed to love him in a way that he could love me back.

Never give up on your child. But also, you have to love your child.

To wake up to the sound of my son saying 'Mama, mama!' It's the best sound ever.

A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it.

We are born of love; Love is our mother.

The divorce does not translate into any change in the way my daughter and I connect. She is very special to me. She is my only daughter and I love her very much. She is my priority and I will always be there for her.

Love your children-and let them know you love them. Children who experience love find it far easier to believe God loves them.

We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.

Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to its parents.

To be a successful father... there's one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years.

I love my real mom and dad; I love them both equally.

Cancer has shown me what family is. It showed me a love that I never knew really existed.

I don't have a father, but my kids tell me every day that they love me... even when I am not in my best mood.

The great model of the affection of love in human beings is the sentiment which subsists between parents and children.

Children are to be born into a family where the parents hold the needs of children equal to their own in importance. And children are to love parents and each other.

Oh, my God. I want to be a mother, and I anticipate loving my children quite fiercely. I think about it all the time, though it's a silly thing to think about because the kind of mother I'll be depends on the kind of children I have. I can't wait to meet them.

When I was a child, next to my own mother, no woman that ever lived took as much interest in me, gave me as much motherly advice or seemed to love me more than did Sister Snow. I loved her with all my heart, and loved her hymn, 'O My Father.'

Four years into the life of my son, I realize I'm so in love with him and he's so in love with me that if I don't find that lifelong partner out there, it's okay.

The love you have for your child is so much greater than any challenge you'll face as a parent, and that's what helps you through.

I've never loved anybody the way I love my children.

Until you have kids, you can't imagine how much you could possibly love a human being.

When a 12-year-old, a 13-year-old, so desperately wants a baby what she's looking for is the kind of unconditional love a child gives a mother and a mother gives a child.

My parents have been with me every step of the way.