Parenting Quote by Alice Sebold

“Let's see, what've we got for the little girl to eat? Nothing, I hoped, but he brought a tin of Christmas candies, which seemed…

— Munro Alice

“My mother was in the bathtub crying and I was standing outside the door waiting, just in case she decided to slip her head…

— Eula Biss

“Rachel had a feeling there might have been a story about the procurement of the macarons, but she didn’t really listen when Lauren was…

— Liane Moriarty

“It began with the Christmas tree lights. They were candy-bright, mouth-size. She wanted to feel the lightness of them on her tongue, the spark…

— Kirsty Logan

“As a little girl she had liked looking at her palms against the light, the red peeking through her closed fingers. Once she had…

— Paolo Giordano

“I was ten years old, and I was still playing conkers and knocking off sweet shops while she was sitting on the linoleum floor…

— Neil Gaiman

“She bought a chocolate bar and it tasted surprisingly good - as if, without her knowing it, sitting here and eating this chocolate was…

— Richard Yates

“sinking ankle deep in something cold and wet. Thinking of the five-hundred-dollar cinnamon suede boots she had lusted after for months and finally bought…

— Marie Force

“I opened my mouth and projectile-vomited on her from head to toe. The more I retched, the more I had to retch. It was…

— Robyn Peterman

“I captured her cheeks, pulling her back to my hungry mouth. Man, I couldn’t get enough of her taste, of how she gave it…

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

“but when I told her they didn’t cost one penny and were very nutritious (I made that part up, but I’m sure it must…

— Ruth Reichl

“She felt dirty, ugly and tired. She felt like a marshmallow heading into a house fire armed with chocolate and graham crackers.”

— Benjamin R. Smith