I notice that many great poets emerge from motherless childhoods. They are either early orphans or their mothers are not mentioned at all. It is not so amazing that many of these same artists turned out to be hounded by depression, drugs, and insanity, but did being motherless also drive them to creativity?


The Mother Book (1978)

Liz Smith Quotes

I notice that many great poets emerge from motherless childhoods. They are either early orphans or their mothers are not mentioned at all. It is not...

I notice that many great poets emerge from motherless childhoods. They are either early orphans or their mothers are not mentioned at all. It is not...

I notice that many great poets emerge from motherless childhoods. They are either early orphans or their mothers are not mentioned at all. It is not...

I notice that many great poets emerge from motherless childhoods. They are either early orphans or their mothers are not mentioned at all. It is not...