Quote by Barbara Kingsolver

“Back at home I spent so much time on my own, but never once felt lonely. Here, even though I see hundreds more people…

— Giovanna Fletcher

“It was easier with Mother--always had been--less complicated, less treacherous. I didn't have to be on my guard so much. I didn't have to…

— Khaled Hosseini And The Mountains Echoed

“She's always beside me, away or at home - So sometimes I'm lonely, but never alone.”

— Sherrill S. Cannon

“I was beginning to understand why my mother preferred solitude during the times that burdened her heart.”

— Sue Lynn Tan

“She'd been alone all her life; now she was surrounded by a loving, caring family. If only they could be hers to keep.”

— Susan Sleeman

“Sometimes the MOM who's always there for everyone else, needs someone to be there for HER.”

— Comic Strip Mama

“We lived in a small house, so there was no escape from the goddamn racket of her loneliness.”

— Sherman Alexie

“You could only truly reinvent yourself far from home. On trips to see her parents, she still feels a little stifled by all that…

— Jojo Moyes

“This place felt like home; not her home perhaps, but someone's home, accustomed to shelter and keep and befriend its master.”

— Robin McKinley

“Her solitary nature means she needs a family to keep her from loneliness my gregarious nature means I will never have to worry about…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“I thought being home might do you good, but … I forget sometimes parents aren’t always … good for their kids.”

— Gillian Flynn

“I see the enormous value of a mother's presence because I live everyday with its absence.”

— Hope Edelman