“You know, Ms. Morgan, that was your mother you just hammered," Mr. Solomon said.”

“A sign in the yard of a church next door said CHRIST IS THE ANSWER. (The question, of course, is: What do you say when you strike your thumb with a hammer?)”

“What the Judgment of Solomon exemplifies is that wisdom trumps science and technology: Regardless of who the biological mother was—based on DNA test results, King Solomon recognized that the best mother would be the caring woman. Imagine an AI judge who is as wise as King Solomon!”

“An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins, and I will never see you again if you do.”

“You should hammer your iron when it is glowing hot.”

“6075. When you are Anvil, hold you still;
When you are Hammer, strike your Fill.”

“334. When you are an anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer, strike your fill.”

“Sandry: "I am silly, now and then. My mother said I was, anyway."
Daja: "If you know, you can stop it."
Sandry: "Then you've never been silly or you'd know it just creeps up without any warning.”

“You know, that's the only good thing about divorce; you get to sleep with your mother.”

“This is motherhood for you,' said my own mother. 'Going through life with your heart outside your body.”