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mother's love Quotes

16 of the best book quotes about mother's love
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“Mama’s love had always been the kind that acted itself out with soup pot and sewing basket. But now that these things were taken away, the love seemed as whole as before. She sat in her chair at the window and loved us.”
Corrie Ten Boom
John and Elizabeth Sherrill
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The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
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Mama (The Hiding Place)
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“Her mother had already abandoned her. Since that day, I’ve had doubts about the so-called ‘maternal instinct.‘”
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“There is an emptiness inside of me -- a void that will never be filled. No one in your life will ever love you as your mother does. There is no love as pure, unconditional and strong as a mother’s love. And I will never be loved that way again.”
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“Without a mother or mother-figure to guide her, a daughter also has to piece together a female self-image of her own.”
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“Mother was starving herself to feed us.”
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“Joana still had her mother. Reuniting with her mother was her motivation. She would slay dragons to get to her. Mother was anchor. Mother was comfort. Mother was home. A girl who lost her mother was suddenly a tiny boat on an angry ocean.”
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“I turned and caught the briefest of moments in Maxon’s life. His mother, the beautiful Queen Amberly, pushed some stray hairs back into place.”
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“So much went through my head. How families are families, no matter the caste. How mothers all have their own worries to bear.”
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“Oh, Gemma, how could I tell you what I’d done? That’s the curse of mothers, you know. We’re never prepared for how much we love our children, for how much we wish we could protect them by being perfect.”
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“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.”
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“To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow.”
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″ ‘I only had it on special occasions at home. Marmalade’s very expensive in Darkest Peru.’ ‘Then you shall have it every morning starting tomorrow,’ continued Mrs. Brown. ‘And honey on Sunday.’ ”
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″‘The door’, replied Maimie, ‘will always, always be open, and mother will always be waiting at it for me.‘”
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“You boys ought to treasure your mother’s love. My mother was like gold to me.”
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″‘You must never contradict your mother,’ said Miss Serendip. ‘Every mother loves her children, and knows what is best for them.‘”
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“She loves Emil more than anything, and she’s glad she can work and make money.”

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