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"Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face." Novelist George Eliot wrote these words in Victorian-era England, about a century and a half ago, but they will always ring true. Very few things are as visceral as the bond between a mother and a baby, regardless of species. To celebrate this special bond, click through the gallery and check out these beautiful animal mothers loving on their babies.
The angels, whispering to one another,
Can find, among their burning terms of love
None so devotional as that of 'Mother.'" - Edgar Allen Poe
"Personally, becoming a mother has been such a rewarding and wonderful experience." - Kate Middleton
"My favorite thing about being a mom is just what a better person it makes you on a daily basis." - Drew Barrymore
"Motherhood is the most completely humbling experience I've ever had. It puts you in your place, because it really forces you to address the issues that you claim to believe in — and if you can't stand up to those principles when you're raising a child, forget it." - Diane Keaton
"Having kids—the responsibility of rearing good, kind, ethical, responsible human beings—is the biggest job anyone can embark on." - Maria Shriver
"Mothers and their children are in a category all their own. There’s no bond so strong in the entire world. No love so instantaneous and forgiving." - Gail Tsukiyama
"Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother." - Lin Yutang
"I realized when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know." - Mitch Albom
"Birth is the sudden opening of a window, through which you look out upon a stupendous prospect. For what has happened? A miracle. You have exchanged nothing for the possibility of everything." - William Macneile Dixon
"There is such a special sweetness in being able to participate in creation." - Pamela S. Nadav
"Mother’s love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved." - Eric Fromm
"It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful?" - Mahatma Gandhi
"The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father." - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"All those cliches, those things you hear about having a baby and motherhood - all of them are true. And all of them are the most beautiful things you will ever experience." - Penélope Cruz
"Motherhood was the great equaliser for me; I started to identify with everybody." - Annie Lennox
"That strong mother doesn’t tell her cub, Son, stay weak so the wolves can get you. She says, Toughen up, this is reality we are living in." - Lauryn Hill
"Motherhood is filled with magical little moments that bring you immense joy." - Namrata Shirodkar
Motherly love: adorable animal moms and their babies
Celebrate this special bond
LIFESTYLE Mother's day
"Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face." Novelist George Eliot wrote these words in Victorian-era England, about a century and a half ago, but they will always ring true. Very few things are as visceral as the bond between a mother and a baby, regardless of species. To celebrate this special bond, click through the gallery and check out these beautiful animal mothers loving on their babies.