Mother Son Quotes

“She loves him the way a mother should love their child. Thoroughly. Completely. To her, he's the most important person in the world and I'm so very happy they have that.”
― Nyrae Dawn, Charade

“She'd been a hard taskmistress - How can you be a grown-up if you can't look after yourself? she'd challenged - but she had taught him what no Greek mother ever taught a son: the basic humdrum skills required for independence.”
― Alison Fell, The Element -inth in Greek

“Pericles, he reflected, was a sad case. He'd been a postman all his life, a solid, reliable worker, until one Christmas when he had stolen all the gifts he was meant to deliver: wind-chimes, scented candles, Belgian chocolates, cowbells from the Bernese Oberland. Most of the haul had been lavished on his elderly mother; the rest he had stashed in his bedroom, which the old lady, being too frail to climb the stairs, no longer cleaned.”
― Alison Fell, The Element -inth in Greek

“You should visit the Palatine. It's at the top of that hill . . ."
"I know where the Palatine is, Dexter, I was visiting Rome before you were born."
"Yes, who was emperor back then?”
― David Nicholls, One Day

“You've been my example, even without trying. That's what a real hero is — someone who's admired without even knowing it.”
― Emna's Book Editions, 101 Reasons Why My Mom ROCKS: A Fill in the Blank Guided Journal to Say I Love You – A Thoughtful Gift and Keepsake for Mom