Araby Quote by Bethany Griffin

“In one way or another, you owe your life to Mother.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“As children, we are profoundly loyal to our parents, and to their pain: I wanted to be related to my mom, not ruined by…

— Heather Sellers

“Enough with the apologies. I can’t just forgive seventeen years of hurt all at once. But you can do better, all right? From today…

— Paula Stokes

“We do not inherit the Earth from our parents. We borrow her from our children.”

— Keith David henry

“It is the selfish parents who are to blame. Pay attention, be involved in your children’s lives. They are your legacy, your only hope.”

— Aaron B. Powell

“If truth be told, life is so remarkably rich that we will always owe life a debt that we have no means to pay.…

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Once I could see Mom for who she was, and not the mother she had failed to be, I'd be able to forgive her.…

— Rachel Sontag

“Are there any apologies more difficult than the one we owe the most?”

— Lexi Ryan

“Mother, you can still hold hold on but forgive, forgive and give for long as long as we both shall live, I forgive you,…

— Barbara Kingsolver

“My mother had told me to never be afraid to apologize when I was wrong. She had said it would have saved her and…

— Robin Hobb

“You can blame your mother, and she can blame hers. Leastways sooner or later it's the fault of somebody who's dead.”

— Lionel Shriver

“She cried over the messed up messy mess of her life, over her parents' failures and her own shortcomings.”

— Stephanie Bond