Ivana Milicevic Quotes

When I became a mother, my life completely changed.

I don't think anything changes after marriage. Things change in a big way after becoming a mother.

I think that having a baby is going to change my mind in so many ways. I have no idea how, but I'm looking forward to finding out.

Whether you're playing a mom on-screen or you're in a car pool lane driving your child to school in the morning, there are similarities that are undeniable. And once you're a mother, there are certain things that are instinct. You just have a better understanding of what it means to be a mother.

She had given birth to me and nursed me and brought me up. She had known me before I knew myself and now she had no say in the matter. Life started out one thing and then suddenly turned a corner and became something else.

At 41 and a half weeks pregnant, I started to have second thoughts about becoming a mother.

Becoming a mother cannot help but change things. An author's life is reflected in their writing, whether they want it to be or not, and parenthood is one of the biggest life changes there is.

Motherhood runs its own way and is measured with another watch that, unfortunately, we can't control.

I am scared of becoming a mother.

I used to go around the country performing. I was in my 20s; I had no fear. But then I had a baby, and all of sudden, your life, your world changes; you change.

A lot changed when I had Natasha. I'm a survivor.

My whole life turned upside down once I became a mother.

Being a mother impacts every aspect of your life. It's a rite of passage which gives you an entirely different outlook on things.

I'm really clear about my priority in life-it's being a mom.

I think motherhood is just about instinct. I remember coming home from the hospital and having no idea what we were doing.

I am the mother of a 6-year-old now, so that's changed my entire perspective.

The mother...swinging the children by pulling on a length of string, while at the same time she kept and eye on them with that protective watchfulness, half animal, half angelic, which is the quality of motherhood.

[Motherhood is] the biggest gamble in the world. It is the glorious life force. It's huge and scary-it's an act of infinite optimism.

Motherhood is, after all, woman's great and incomparable work.

There's such a grace and understanding in the female persona when women have really come into their own. Part of that is to have children, and to be caring for those children, and not only in the care for them, but also in the nurturing and raising of them, they have to pass on their souls and their intelligence. And all those things can't be taught. It's something that, that in the essence of a woman, the essence of a mother, a mother knows!

Motherhood is neither a duty nor a privilege, but simply the way that humanity can satisfy the desire for physical immortality and triumph over the fear of death.

I have absolutely nothing consistent in my life. But that's where serendipity comes in and I love that. One day I'm going to have to sacrifice that to bring life into the world. But the more I can hold off on that, the happier I'll be. It's scary for me.

It [motherhood] has changed absolutely everything. I mean, it's changed my life. I think I've changed as a human being more since I've had Kai than in any other period in my life...It's such an incredible catalyst for growth. I found myself questioning absolutely everything: how I spend my time, how I speak, what kind of projects I work on, how I look at the world.

Definitely being a mom changes your perspective on everything.

Being a mother is the hardest job on earth. Women everywhere must declare it so.