“When I was five and Sarah seven, my mother went on a trip. She was gone from our home in Rochester, New… — Katie Hafner Copy Share Image
“These stories had intrigued her with their strange mix of violence and love, so unlike the distant, passionless affection of her own… — Shannon Hale Copy Share Image
“They say a girl with an ill-fated mother is doomed to follow in her footsteps.” — K.X. Song Copy Share Image
“You must go further than I did," Nedra said. "You know that." "Further?" "With your life. You must become free." She did… — James Salter Copy Share Image
“Ah, how quickly the hands on the clock circle toward the future we thought was far away! And how soon we become… — Peggy Toney Horton Copy Share Image
“The post-divorce lines around Gabby's mouth tugged down her whole face. She suddenly looks older. Older than the image Layla carries in… — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
“MOTHER IS WATER I wish I could Shower your head with flowers And anoint your feet with my tears, For I know… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
“Unbelievable! You are unbelievable! First you ruin my life and then you blame it on my period!” — Jane Aire Copy Share Image
“Fat daughters and their thin mothers have especially complicated relationships.” — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“In my teens and early twenties, I often went clothes shopping with my mother and I could always see her dismay at… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“I know there’s something troubling you. I’m not going to ask what it is, if you don’t want to tell me. But… — Erin Hunter Copy Share Image
“My beloved has arrived, but rather than greeting him, All I can do is bite the corner of my apron with a… — Kim Dong Hwa Copy Share Image
“Bela had thought she knew what love felt like, but when she saw Sanjay at the airport after six long months, her… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
“I am a wall. I am a wall. I am a wall. I am a giant and I tower above you. I… — Tania De Rozario Copy Share Image
“If it weren't for me, she wouldn't have to take jobs like this. She would be half a planet away, floating in… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
“Your unconscious wants to express the pain you feel about your own lost innocence. But your ego wants to keep it repressed.… — Alison Bechdel Copy Share Image
“Mother was comfort. Mother was home. A girl who lost her mother was suddenly a tiny boat on an angry ocean. Some… — Ruta Sepetys Copy Share Image
“You don't belong here if you are unhappy," she continued. "Your mother makes you hateful, and you make her hateful. It doesn't… — Laura Moriarty Copy Share Image
“What kind of woman tells all her secrets?” my mother continued, flabbergasted and disappointed in me. “Especially anything that has to do… — Inna Swinton Copy Share Image
“Listen, we’ll come visit you. Okay? I’ll dress up as William Shakespeare, Lucent as Emily Dickinson, and beautiful ‘Ray’ as someone dashing… — Tim Cummings Copy Share Image
“By spending years and years living entirely for yourself, thinking only about yourself, and having responsibility to no one but yourself, you… — Danielle Crittenden Copy Share Image
“Look, you had it easier than me,' she says. 'You think Nana and Papa were busy supporting women's rights? No, they wanted… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
“The bride's getting ready to toss her bouquet, so get me up there! Mom said the day after she turned 96.” — June Shaw Copy Share Image
“Coming home seemed to have started the healing process. No longer vivid and garish, the memories seemed to be covered in gossemer,… — Karen Fowler Copy Share Image
“Languages for me have a secret venom that every so often foams up and for which there is no antidote. I remember… — Elena Ferrante Copy Share Image
