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Happy Mother’s Day!  Quotes of the Day 5/13/07

Posted May 13, 2007 at 07:00 AM by Bridget Sullivan

Section: Her Motivation, Quotes of the Day

“My mother is a poem
I’ll never be able to write,
though everything I write
is a poem to my mother.”
~Sharon Doubiago

“Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall;
A mother’s secret hope outlives them all.”
~Oliver Wendell Holmes

“Life is the fruit she longs to hand you,
Ripe on a plate.
And while you live,
Relentlessly she understands you.”
~Phyllis McGinley

“All mothers are working mothers.”
~Author Unknown

“If evolution really works,
how come mothers only have two hands?”
~Milton Berle

“My mom is a neverending song in my heart
of comfort, happiness, and being. 
I may sometimes forget the words
but I always remember the tune.”
~Graycie Harmon

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