Family Quote by Ayana Mathis

“...Hattie wanted to give her babies names that weren't already chiseled on a headstone in the family plots in Georgia, so she gave them…

— Ayana Mathis

“Hattie’s children died in the order in which they were born: first Philadelphia, then Jubilee.”

— Ayana Mathis

“This could ruin all of Emmaline's plans. She could not have [the girl] fall for a farmer, especially one that couldn't afford a decent…

— Sarah Holman

“Samuel walked out to Lindsey then, and there she was in his arms, my sweet butterball babe, born ten years after my fourteen years…

— Alice Sebold

“He only wished that she were still here. It was good to be here with Jem and Cecily and Charlotte, to be surrounded by…

— Cassandra Clare

“She was mined for the children in her, one daughter, then another, a short seam, quick to clay, and not a single son to…

— Robert Wrigley

“The boxes stood there, judging her. Who came up with the names for these things? Early Pregnancy Test was fine, but First Response? What…

— Julia Kent

“She abandoned the garden, and the mums and asters that had trusted her to see them through to the first frost hung their waterlogged…

— Nicole Krauss

“Yeah, the princess and the pea. Only the pea was Daddy, getting thrown in jail for bribing a judge or forgetting my birthday because…

— J.T. Ellison

“As ever in the family Goodman, someone would have to swallow feelings here, and it was easier that it be Mercer.”

— Garth Risk Hallberg