"Always it gave me a pang that my children had no lawful claim to a name." ― Harriet Ann Jacobs Topic(s): Mom More From Harriet Ann Jacobs "There is something akin to freedom in having a lover who has no control over you, except that which he gains by kindness and attachment." "There is a great difference between Christianity and religion at the south. If a man goes to the communion table, and pays money into the treasury of the church, no matter if it be the price of blood, he is called religious." "I would rather drudge out my life on a cotton plantation, till the grave opened to give me rest, than to live with an unprincipled master and a jealous mistress." More In Mom "I think my first big purchase was actually for my mom. She had one of those ’90s TVs in her living room that’s like a 10×10 brick, so I purchased her a flatscreen for her living room."― Dave Franco "People come in and out of our lives, and the true test of friendship is whether you can pick back up right where you left off the last time you saw each other."― Lisa See "My mom’s the one I look up to for everything. I feel like I’m a lump of clay and she’s moulding me into a woman."― Chloe Moretz