Mother Tongue

Famous quotes containing the words mother and/or tongue:

“The lullaby is the spell whereby the mother attempts to transform herself back from an ogre to a saint.”
—James Fenton (b. 1949)

“Why, what a wasp-stung and impatient fool
Are thou to break into this woman’s mood,
Tying thine ear to no tongue but thine own!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)