She also understood there was a hole in her heart where her son should be, that she was a wicked, selfish woman for wishing him back.

Mothers are inscrutable beings to their sons, always. ("The Higgler")

Most young men are such bores. They haven't lived long enough to learn that they are not the wonders to the world they are to their mothers.

Mothers see the angel in us because the angel is there. If it's shown to the mother, the son has got an angel to show, hasn't he? When a son cuts somebody's throat the mother only sees it's possible for a misguided angel to act like a devil - and she's entirely right about that!

When Jack Burns needed to hold his mother's hand, his fingers could see in the dark.

Mothers, don't let your sons grow up to be interim coaches.