Famous quotes by Famous people

” I remember that the first time I looked at my son, of course I felt love. But I think the first feeling was not love: it was fear. Someone is needing me. If something happens to him, what am I going to do? Maybe I won’t survive if something happens to him? The fear was as big as the love. “

” I remember, when I was a teenager, people telling me, ‘You know, when you are a mother, you will never feel lonely. You will feel so much love, and you will be fulfilled by this love.’ Then I became a mother. And I learnt that is absolutely wrong: you can feel very lonely with your children, even if you love them. “

” Motherhood is not only something very pure and very full of love, it can be full of dark things, too. “

” My parents were lovers of books, and they raised us in a manner that viewed freedom and subversion as indispensable. “