God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers

"The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down the hill."

~ W. Somerset Maugham, The Summing Up

“Very few writers thank their mothers for keen editorial insight; I'm happy to be the exception.” 

God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers ...

“A mother is always the beginning. She is how things begin.”
― Amy Tan, The Bonesetter's Daughter