Maternal Quotes

“The newly minted maternal heart, it completely melted into mush, the oxytocin I know now, had kicked in, and how. I would fight tigers barehanded, climb down cliffs, throw myself in the path of a speeding car, and even do calculus again if I needed to, for this child.”

“I would be the first to admit that my maternal instincts are not well developed--though in defense I must add that the raising of Ramses would have discouraged any woman.”

“Suddenly, it occurred to me that my feelings towards the little man were distinctly maternal. Good God, I thought, how utterly revolting, and I turned my mind firmly to the problem at hand.”

“I had a maternal instinct once, it lasted 48 hours”

“Unfeeling thing that I was, the sensibilities of the maternal heart were Greek and Hebrew to me.”

“Her maternal instinct told her Natasha had too much of something, and because of this she would not be happy”

“There is always the fantasy of maternal love, but it does not accommodate a mother's fear of her children.”

“The very winds whispered in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade me weep no more.”

“He bit his lip in a manner which immediately awakened my maternal sympathy, and I helped him bite it.”

“Being pregnant is a very boring six months. I am not particularly maternal. It's an occupational hazard of being a wife.”