As well as being blind, Ma turned out to have the same mental illness that her mother had had. Between 1986 and 1990, she suffered six schizophrenic... →
Liz Murray
My mother used to sit at the foot of my bed, and she would share her dreams with me.
My mother's English, and she always was fascinated by the desert.
Arizona Muse
After my father died when I was seven and my mother entered into an abusive relationship, I shuffled between houses - staying with friends, families... →
Ronnie Musgrove
My mother taught us to sell food in the market so we could pay for school. I would get up at 4:30 A.M. and start selling bread and cheese before... →
Dikembe Mutombo
If I had not played basketball and made the millions of dollars that I had made, I would never have been able to build a hospital in Congo. It... →
It never occurred to me that I wouldn't go to college and have a career - as well as a family - of my own. Both my parents, but especially my... →
Dee Dee Myers
I have very happy memories of fairy tales. My mother used to take me to the library in Toronto to check out the fairy tales. And she was an actress... →
Mike Myers
My father and mother emigrated to Canada in 1958, but there's nobody more English than an Englishman who no longer lives in England, and our home... →
From my foster parents, the Deans, I received the love that was ultimately to strengthen me, even when I had forgotten its source. It was my foster... →
Walter Dean Myers