Life does not accommodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and it couldn't do it better. Every seed destroys its container or else there would be no fruition.

Quote by Florida Scott-Maxwell

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My kitchen linoleum is so black and shiny that I waltz while I wait for...

My kitchen linoleum is so black and shiny that I waltz while I wait for...

No matter how old a mother is she watches her middle-aged children for signs of...

No matter how old a mother is she watches her middle-aged children for signs of...

It is not easy to be sure that being yourself is worth the trouble, but...

It is not easy to be sure that being yourself is worth the trouble, but...

The crucial task of old age is balance: keeping just well enough, just brave enough,...

The crucial task of old age is balance: keeping just well enough, just brave enough,...

No matter how old a mother is, she watches her middle-aged children for signs of...

No matter how old a mother is, she watches her middle-aged children for signs of...

Love is blind, your mother started loving you before she ever saw your face.

Love is blind, your mother started loving you before she ever saw your face.

I think being mom is a lifetime contract...24/7.

I think being mom is a lifetime contract...24/7.

A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car for ever...

A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car for ever...

Becoming a mother makes you the mother of all children. From now on each wounded,...

Becoming a mother makes you the mother of all children. From now on each wounded,...

Being a mom has pushed me to want to make the world a better place.

Being a mom has pushed me to want to make the world a better place.

Great mothers bring the arms of comfort to an insecure child in a world of...

Great mothers bring the arms of comfort to an insecure child in a world of...

I love my Mom for actually being a mother and keeping my life steered straight.

I love my Mom for actually being a mother and keeping my life steered straight.

She never quite leaves her children at home, even when she doesn't take them along.

She never quite leaves her children at home, even when she doesn't take them along.

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother...

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother...

Only mothers can think of the future - because they give birth to it in...

Only mothers can think of the future - because they give birth to it in...

Say what you want about these girls, but it must be rough being a teen...

Say what you want about these girls, but it must be rough being a teen...

Motherhood is a wonderful thing - what a pity to waste it on children.

Motherhood is a wonderful thing - what a pity to waste it on children.

I've made a lot of mistakes in the past, but being a mother was not...

I've made a lot of mistakes in the past, but being a mother was not...

With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood.

With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood.

The only love that I really believe in is a mothers love for her children.

The only love that I really believe in is a mothers love for her children.