"What least makes a mother is biology...." - Quote by Oprah Winfrey

“Back then, a few doilies and napkins were all that a lot of women had. In the little house where I grew up, the pillowcases my grandmother embroidered were the only things of beauty.”

“Let not one single life have passed in vain. What really matters is who you love and how you love.”

“Right now you are one choice away from a new beginning.”

“All I ever learned at my mother's knee was what a bony knee looked like.”

“Remember, you can lead a fifty-seven-year-old body to motherhood, but you can't make it stay awake.”

“Mothers easily become jealous of their sons' friends when they are particularly successful. As a rule a mother loves herself in her son more than she does the son himself.”

“The home environment can undo a lot you try to do at school.”

“When I was a young man, I didn't think about having a family. My wife and I were too poor to have babies. Then all of a sudden, one came along and scared the hell out of us because we had no money. Once the baby arrives, you make do somehow. You fall in love with the baby and life adjusts itself. You find you don't need as much money as you thought. When that happens, you can ask the questions that should have come before the baby.”

“Me? I see an old, broke-ass black guy taking care of a bunch of kids, living life, taking them to school, and all that stuff, who's asking himself: What the hell is this? But I wouldn't give it up for the world because I love my wife. I never expected to have a life like this. No chaos... no confusion... no lawsuits... no violence... no going to jail.”