--- title: "1 Mother Saying Quotes By Steven Rowley" description: "1 Mother Saying quotes by Steven Rowley. Plus more from Steven Rowley and more Mother Saying sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7d/steven-rowley-29826_forgiveness_i-think-about-all-the-people-i-need-to-f_157346.jpg" --- > [“I think about all the people I need to forgive. My mother for not saying she loves me? We're too often guilty of thinking that our parents arrived on this planet as fully functioning adults on the day that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-rowley/i-think-about-all-the-people-i-need-to-forgive-my-mother-for-not/) [Steven Rowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-rowley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7d/steven-rowley-29826_forgiveness_i-think-about-all-the-people-i-need-to-f_157346.jpg) ## More by Steven Rowley > [“I think about all the people I need to forgive. My mother for not saying she loves me? We're too often guilty of thinking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-rowley/i-think-about-all-the-people-i-need-to-forgive-my-mother-for-not/) [Steven Rowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-rowley/) > [“You wouldn’t think a twelve-year-old dachshund would be good at Monopoly, but you’d be wrong there.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-rowley/you-wouldn-t-think-a-twelve-year-old-dachshund-would-be-good-at/) [Steven Rowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-rowley/) > [“There's no shame in surrender when it's time to stop fighting.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-rowley/there-s-no-shame-in-surrender-when-it-s-time-to-stop-fighting/) [Steven Rowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-rowley/) > [“To die would be an awfully big adventure. But it’s not true. Life is the real adventure. Having the hurricane inside you is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-rowley/to-die-would-be-an-awfully-big-adventure-but-it-s-not-true-life-is/) [Steven Rowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-rowley/) > [“Dogs, on the other hand... dogs have pure souls. Look at me." I grab her chin and look straight into her eyes. "Dogs are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-rowley/dogs-on-the-other-hand-dogs-have-pure-souls-look-at-me-i-grab-her/) [Steven Rowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-rowley/) > [“I understand that most everyone thinks they have the world's greatest dog, and I'd be hard-pressed to make the case that Lily was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-rowley/i-understand-that-most-everyone-thinks-they-have-the-world-s-greatest/) [Steven Rowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-rowley/) > [“We will lost everything that matters, or everything that matters will lose us. It is predestined, the nature of life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-rowley/we-will-lost-everything-that-matters-or-everything-that-matters-will/) [Steven Rowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-rowley/) > [“Lily thinks about this. "All of my memories are my favorite memories." I'm amazed by this. "Even the bad ones?" "Dogs don't remember bad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-rowley/lily-thinks-about-this-all-of-my-memories-are-my-favorite-memories-i/) [Steven Rowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-rowley/) > [“Even on my best days, I always wished life excited me as much as it excited her.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-rowley/even-on-my-best-days-i-always-wished-life-excited-me-as-much-as-it/) [Steven Rowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-rowley/) > [“I can sit with her quietly, our bodies touching just enough to generate warmth, to share the vibrating energy of all living things, until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-rowley/i-can-sit-with-her-quietly-our-bodies-touching-just-enough-to/) [Steven Rowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-rowley/) > [“What’s wrong with Tuesdays?” Trent asks. “Everything. Monday’s always Monday, but at least it’s the start of something new. Wednesday is hump day, Thursday’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-rowley/what-s-wrong-with-tuesdays-trent-asks-everything-monday-s-always/) [Steven Rowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-rowley/) > [“I wish I was curled up on the floor in the sun beside Lily. I wish I could lay my hand on her like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-rowley/i-wish-i-was-curled-up-on-the-floor-in-the-sun-beside-lily-i-wish-i/) [Steven Rowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-rowley/) > [“I had done all the right things. I had Lily. I had Jeffrey. I had a family. And then I didn’t. I don’t understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-rowley/i-had-done-all-the-right-things-i-had-lily-i-had-jeffrey-i-had-a/) [Steven Rowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-rowley/) > [“My problem is the opposite of mankind's: not having gone into battle often enough, not having waged enough war. I've always shied from confrontation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-rowley/my-problem-is-the-opposite-of-mankind-s-not-having-gone-into-battle/) [Steven Rowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-rowley/) > [“Q: What sound or noise do you love? A: Puppies sighing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-rowley/q-what-sound-or-noise-do-you-love-a-puppies-sighing/) [Steven Rowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-rowley/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mother-saying/steven-rowley/#itemlist", "name": "1 Mother Saying Quotes By Steven Rowley", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I think about all the people I need to forgive. My mother for not saying she loves me? 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