"A sick child is always the mother's..." - Quote by Jane Austen

“If people like to read their books, it is all very well, but to be at so much trouble in filling great volumes, which, as I used to think, nobody would willingly ever look into, to be labouring only for the torment of little boys and girls, always struck me as a hard fate.”

“None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.”

“He had an affectionate heart. He must love somebody.”

“Don't call me an icon. I'm just a mother trying to help.”

“To play down mothering as small is to crack the very foundation on which greatness stands.”

“As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied.”

“IF PARENTS PASS ENTHUSIASM ALONG TO THEIR CHILDREN, THEY WILL LEAVE THEM AN ESTATE OF INCALCULABLE VALUE”

“India has over 20 percent of the kids born in the world. And they move around a lot.”

“The practical question, then, is what to do with the children. Tolerate them at home we will not. Let them run loose in the streets we dare not until our streets become safe places for children, which, to our utter shame, they are not at present, though they can hardly be worse than some homes and some schools.”