Mary Blakely Quotes
A mother is neither cocky, nor proud, because she knows the school principal may call at any minute to report that her child had just driven a motorcycle through the gymnasium.
Mother is the first word that occurs to politicians and columnists and popes when they raise the question, 'Why isn't life turning out the way we want it?
When trouble comes no mother should have to plead guilty alone. The pediatricians, psychologists, therapists, goat herders, fathers, and peer groups should all be called to the bench as well. . . .
Divorce is the psychological equivalent of a triple coronary by pass. After such a monumental assault on the heart, it takes years to amend all the habits and attitudes that led up to it.
It's an old trick now, God knows, but it works every time. At the very moment women start to expand their place in the world, scientific studies deliver compelling reasons for them to stay home.
Families don't always realize that mother is exhausted, because mother is always exhausted. Exhausted is what looks normal.
A mother can legitimately be said to 'have a baby' - but in a civilization such as ours, she can never claim to own a teenager.
One life stamps and influences another, which in turn stamps and influences another, on and on, until the soul of human experience breathes on in generations we'll never meet.
If a woman is to know herself, then periods of solitude should be courted, planned, and embraced.
Never accept an expert's opinion if it violates your own because the experts can change their minds.
In a culture that gives men irresponsible power and women powerless responsibility, the advancement of civilization cannot be a serious goal.
