"Only mothers can think of the future – because they give birth to it in their children." ― Maxim Gorky Topic(s): Mom More From Maxim Gorky "Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is." "When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery." "A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains." More In Mom "I don’t know any other lifestyle. I get up in the morning and I really do feel that the world is my oyster, and I start that way, the same as I would if I were preparing to write a song: put a blank piece of paper up on the piano and you go for it."― Lesley Gore "I deal with postpartum feelings by reaching out to mom friends. I became very close with some of the women in my prenatal yoga class."― Alyssa Milano "My mom loved rock ‘n roll. My father hated it. We couldn’t play it when he was around."― Patti Smith