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Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love. – Stevie Wonder
God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers. – Rudyard Kipling
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Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. – Robert Browning
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It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful? – Mahatma Gandhi
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The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. – Theodore Hesburgh
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Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws. – Barbara Kingsolver
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There is nothing in the world of art like the songs mother used to sing. – Billy Sunday
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For when a child is born the mother also is born again. – Gilbert Parker
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I was always at peace because of the way my mom treated me. – Martina Hingis
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Who’s a boy gonna talk to if not his mother? – Donald E. Westlake
All floral photography and compositions copyright Nancy Kirkpatrick Photography
Mother’s Day, 2017