Philip Roth Quotes

I constantly looked for motherly protection.

Mothers arms are made of tenderness, And sweet sleep blesses the child who lies therein.

Someone's going to be able to take good care of my sister. She knows how to be taken care of.

My mother is home. Your mother is your home. Everybody is a momma's boy or a momma's girl. That's where we came from, from a woman's womb. She always gave me good advice because mothers know best at times. She gives me advice and I take it, run with it and share that with somebody else.

A mother's arms are more comforting than anyone else's.

Good mothers are underrated, just like good defense.

What does good in bed mean to me? When I'm sick and I stay home from school propped up with lots of pillows watching TV and my mom brings me soup - that's good in bed.

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.

The lullaby is the spell whereby the mother attempts to transform herself back from an ogre to a saint.

As a mother, you feel much more vulnerable. And when you're vulnerable, you're a much better actress.

There is nothing I love more than my role as a mom.

I think my mother characters have changed a lot since Sasha was born, just because I understand what a hard job it is now, and I'm coming at it from another angle - like you just love and care about this person so much, and just want to protect them from everything.

Love is staying up all night with a sick child - or a healthy adult.

I think every mother does what is best for her child because it's such a joy and a daily learning experience.

I learnt from Flo how to be mother. Flo was patient, tolerant. She was supportive. She was always there. She was playful. She enjoyed having her babies, as good mothers do.

There is nothing more powerful and beautiful than motherhood.

A child cannot pay for its mother’s milk.

So when the great word "Mother!" rang once more, I saw at last its meaning and its place; Not the blind passion of the brooding past, But Mother -- the World's Mother -- come at last, To love as she had never loved before -- To feed and guard and teach the human race.

I absolutely love being a mother.

It doesn't matter how much his mother loves him; love is not enough to keep any of us alive.

Mothers ought to bring up and nurse their own children; for they bring them up with greater affection and with greater anxiety, as loving them from the heart, and so to speak, every inch of them.

Without a mother, one cannot love. Without a mother, one cannot die.

I'm not a mom, but I think the word 'mother' is about wisdom.

Who ran to help me when I fell, And would some pretty story tell, Or kiss the place to make it well? My mother.

Children change you. You have this overwhelming feeling of responsibility, of love - they're everything. They're yours. You know when you're cuddling them, cradling them, and you can smell their hair. I love that.