Mothers In Law Quotes

“A mother-in-law dies only when another devil is needed in hell.”
― François Rabelais

“The mother of a trophy wife is not automatically a trophy mother-in-law.”
― John Grisham, The Appeal

“That her niece should find such profound pleasure in the company of a thirteen-year-old black girl--and, more to the point, always within the precincts of Elinor's house--was a slap in Mary-Love's face. She decided, without saying anything more to James, to wreck Grace's perfection of happiness. Grace would learn that she, Mary-Love, was the source of all felicity within the Caskey family.”
― Michael McDowell, The Levee

“There's the gratitude of sons-in-law for you. You poison a king so that they may take his place, and then they do exactly as they please without consideration for anyone!”
― Maurice Druon, The Royal Succession

“Grace began to understand. "I have friends," she protested. "I have Zaddie."

"Zaddie is just a little colored girl," Mary-Love pointed out. "It's all right to play with Zaddie, but she's not your real friend. John Robert can be your real little friend.”
― Michael McDowell, The Levee

“All women are wonderful,
are the most divine creation,
owners of all dreams and desires, inspiration from poets,
lull of men at war.
They are muses, ladies, angels, princesses and flowers,
until one day they became mothers-in-law.”
― Augusto Branco

“Max and my mother were enemies at war over a miniscule territory.”
― Fernanda Trías, Pink Slime