Motherhood is an art that involves much silent, unobtrusive self-denial, an hourly devotion which finds no detail too minute.
Motherhood is to study not only that one becomes a mother when one's child is born, but also that one becomes a child.


Deer mothers will instinctively come to the rescue of a crying human baby.


The black lace-weaver spider will drum on her web to call her babies to come and eat her alive

Motherhood is, in Japan, synonymous with femininity to the point that it 'eclipses all other identities'.
Motherhood is synonymous with femininity to the point that it 'eclipses all other identities'.
Pregancy can occur at shockingly young ages --- The youngest mother in medical history was Lina Medina from Peru. She gave birth when she was 5.
Motherhood is characterized by a greater fondness for one's children for fathers because they are more certain that they are their own.
Motherhood's natural state is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children.