Being A Mother Quotes

“Breastfeeding is a beautiful thing, one of the most beautiful things that exist in nature. Think about how a woman can literally feed her baby with her body! In my eyes, this is a certain form of beauty, of divinity! To know that my body can not only form and bring another human being into the world, but that I can actually feed babies with my own milk from my own breasts— that puts me in a state of awe each time I think about it. It is an honour to be a woman.”
― C. JoyBell C.

“I’ve earned my own money since I was seventeen years old, motherhood is a huge shift in freedom and status. No one ever says, You’re good at this, well done. No one pays you. If you fuck up and drop the baby, then you’ll get some attention, but if you keep your head down and do a ‘good enough’ job, you’re ignored.”
― Viv Albertine, Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys

“This world makes excuses for fathers who lack interest in the lives of their kids. The same world crucifies mothers who dedicate resources and attention to their kids. It's weird.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“Then God said, "I'll bless you with a son to fill your heart with all the joy that was stolen from you." And I said, "Amen".”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“I wonder how much self-control and acting (mothers are very underrated actors) it took for her to quickly arrange her gestures into a composed expression and modify her voice so she sounded calm and reassuring.”
― Viv Albertine, Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys

“A mother is only as happy as her least happy child.”
― Elle Thorpe, Motherbucker

“The night owl versus early bird question? What a joke. Those distinctions were so quaint now that I had two kids and a full-time job. I was both. At thirty-five, my body didn't always like it, but it was what it was.”
― Daphne Elliot, Mother Hater