Andrew Motion Quotes

My mother's wonderful. To me she's perfection.

My mother, Dr Nalini Dutta. She was and will always be my everything.

No one knows what an amazing spirit she was. She wasn't only a mother; she was a best friend.

I am blessed to have a mother like mine. She is the greatest mother in the world.

My mother would do anything for her children. And that's how I am too.

I love my mother so much, because I see the whole of her.

My mother's love has always been a sustaining force for our family, and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity, her compassion, her intelligence reflected in my daughters.

My mom, she is the most unbelievable mom that you could ever have in your entire life and she's always with me on everything. The most I've ever been away from her is two days. I love her more than anybody could ever know.

A mother is a mother still, The holiest thing alive.

I'm immensely grateful for the precious gift my mother has given me. She is my hero today and every day.

The force of blood again prevails, and the mother and daughter stand together against the world.

I love my mom with all my heart. She's my best friend.

No matter how big of a man I am and how big of a stage I play on, I'm always my mom's baby.

I've got a big mummy heart.

I adored my mother. She was beautiful, smart, sexy and funny.

...I do not tell you often enough, dear Mother, how very grateful I am that I am yours. It is a rare parent who would offer a child such latitude and understanding. It is an even rarer one who calls a daughter friend. I do love you, dear Mama.

Isn't this the truth of any good mother? That in all of our lives. We worry only about those we brought into this world, regardless of whether they loved us back or treated us fairly or understood our shortcomings.

Youre still beautiful to me, cause youre my mom.

When you go into mama-bear mode and have no choice but to just go with the flow, that's kind of when I realized...it put life into perspective. Just seeing my little girls and knowing I was going to experience life all over again - I'd be able to take them to the same things that my mom did - it was beautiful. When you become a mom, you gain this vulnerability that is so beautiful. Just the fact that I'm vulnerable but I'm never ashamed is so cool.

Music. Close your eyes and it's a rosebush blooming in time lapse so that it shoots and blossoms flow outward in a swift choreography of growth and collapse, twine and coil, release and fade. Close your eyes and music paints light vines and calligraphy on the darkness within you.

Suddenly I realize that this is what I've been waiting for - a man who depends entirely on me... I dreamed for years of a man who couldn't live without me, a man who pictured my face when he closed his eyes, who loved me when I was a mess in the morning and when dinner was late and even when I overloaded the washing machine and burned out the motor. [My son] stares up at me as if I can do no wrong. I have always wanted someone who treats me the way he does; I just didn't know that I'd have to give birth to him.

I see who I want to be, in my daughter's eyes.

As mothers and daughters, we are connected with one another. My mother is the bones of my spine, keeping me straight and true. She is my blood, making sure it runs rich and strong. She is the beating of my heart. I cannot now imagine a life without her.

To be a mother is a great treasure. Mothers, in their unconditional and sacrificial love for their children, are the antidote to individualism; they are the greatest enemies against war.

The love I have for my daughter is completely unconditional, and it is the most important love in my life.