Nick Cassavetes Quotes

When anything is wrong with your child, your first instinct is to make it better.

Abraham looks quite care-worn and not nearly so well as he did when I last saw him.

When your child stops breathing 60 times a night, you don't worry about what's going on next year or even next week. You put aside thoughts about which preschool you're going to enroll him in and focus on how he's doing right now. It's not the Norman Rockwell relationship that you sign on for when becoming a parent.

You never want to have to give your child bad news of any kind.

The state of my poor boy's health prevents me from leaving home for a night.

I am as far from a hypochondriac as you could ever be.

There we times when everybody in the house has the flu. You're cleaning up vomit and it's 2 in the morning, and you're wishing there was somebody else there to help you.

Being a caregiver for your child is part of the job description of being a mammal.

I go to sleep thinking about my kids being spoiled and I wake up thinking about it.

I constantly worry about my family and my kids. 'Are they O.K., what are they doing right now?'

When you have responsible children, half the battle is over. So, you don't have to worry. But you are concerned. The concern will never go, and you'll always be conscious about them.

I have different reasons for the way that I react to things now that I have kids. It's not about me, it's about my children going out into this world that makes me say, "What the hell are you all doing?" I have to put them out there, and then I have to worry.

Suddenly, one day, there was this thing called parenting. Parenting was serious. Parenting was fierce. Parenting was solemn. Parenting was a participle, like going and doing and crusading and worrying.

Motherhood is quite challenging. Everyday is a whole new adventure with your child.

When you're dealing with a sick person, you're not important at all. You're just a nobody.

We grew up probably having as hard a life as anybody. A lot of times, we didn't have any food on the table. At Christmas, everybody else would always get something nice, but we'd get one T-shirt or one shirt... So I want to take care of Mom and Dad... and I'm having a damn good time doing it.

I have a two-year-old who just turned three, and my four-year-old just turned five. I have the same irrational feelings taking them to pre-school. It's this charged combination of stress and joy and anxiety and excitement. When they're away, you've got a sudden loss of purpose and this ever-present fear about the kid's welfare. The departure of our children from our nest is not an easy thing.

I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there are sick people and they need curing.

• People deserve a break. The stressed and unorganized person who doesn’t have the same priorities as you may be dealing with an autistic child, abusive spouse, fading parents, or cancer. Don’t judge people until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes. Give them a break instead.

You rock a sobbing child without wondering if today's world is passing you by, because you know you hold tomorrow tightly in your arms.

The mother's love is not given to us to spoil us with indulgence, but to soften our hearts, that we may in turn soften others with kindness.

Love is healing. Love is comforting. Love is holy. Food can be all those things, too.

Worrying about things beyond your control is a pretty good formula for illness.

In a family it is normal to take charge of those who need help. Do not be afraid of frailty!

For plain and fancy worrying, give me a new mother every time.