Brad D. Smith Quotes

Every parent craves for a child, and once their wishes come true, they feel that it's not possible for them to love anyone more that the first born. But the fact is, after you have the second issue, the feeling is, how can I not love the kid?

I was wondering if I could love another child as much as I love my son. And what I realized, within hours of my daughter being born, not only do I love her just as much if not more.

It's terrifying, that unconditional love you have for a child. I still wonder if she really came from me, from my womb. It's a miracle. I don't understand it. I live it very intensely.

I've got two sons whom I love to death, and I love them differently.

I think it's really hard to understand the depths and the power of the love that someone has for their children unless you really have children.

People always say you never know love until you have your own child and all of that is true.

I have two children - could I ever choose between them? Never. That's what 'Sophie's Choice' was about. If you have 50 children, you don't love one less.

A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world.

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

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.

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

The only man who has stolen my heart is my son.

Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.

Having my son, I mean, I feel already that it makes me a better actress. Just the feeling and the love that expands in my being is more than I ever thought possible.

I have six children and I love all my kids more than anything in the world.

Not only is our love for our children sometimes tinged with annoyance, discouragement, and disappointment, the same is true for the love our children feel for us.

What can be more clear and sound in explanation, than the love of a parent to his child?

Call not that man wretched, who whatever ills he suffers, has a child to love.

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.

Even as a feminist, my whole life I'd been waiting for a man to love who could love me. For decades, I'd thought that man would be my father. When I was 25, I met that man, and he was my brother.

You get perspective on things when you're away from your child, and in a way, your love for them becomes even deeper.

My kids love me. I'm blessed.

I can't even remember anything before Albee. There is this bursting love you feel, but it's so intense and so all-consuming. I've become one of those psychopath mothers who loves looking at my kid and being with my kid, and then, when he takes a nap, I'm just looking at videos and pictures of him on my phone. I'm obnoxious.

Carrie is my child, and I love her with every ounce of strength I possess.