Parenting Quote by Charles Dickens

“This was your mother’s door. She was loyal, brilliant, beautiful, and she was my friend. I will treasure her memory forever.”

— Anonymous

“My older relatives grabbed me and latched onto me, and I felt like they wanted something from me. Their love felt like a demand.…

— Catherine Ryan Hyde

“By the time I rose and started walking again, I didn’t begrudge my mother a thing. The truth was, in spite of all that,…

— Cheryl Strayed

“I was slightly thankful when Mom finally came out and unlocked the car. It was warm and toasty inside and it smelt like home.…

— Erica Sehyun Song

“And now she was found, no longer lost. Like a bag I'd given up for good suddenly reappearing in the middle of the night…

— Sarah Dessen

“Your mother hollers that you’re going to miss the bus. She can see it coming down the street. You don’t stop and hug her…

— Emmy Laybourne

“...after all, she had birthed us alone, diapered and fed us, helped us with homework, kissed and hugged us, poured her love into us.…

— Aimee Bender

“Our memories and the events of our lives are untidy things. We wish that we could file them away and shut the door, or…

— Deb Caletti

“I couldn’t bear to think of my mother loving me but unable to face me, to stare into my eyes, to care for me…

— Heather Sellers

“she knew that something happened to you when your mother didn’t hold you close, or tell you all the time that you were the…

— Jojo Moyes

“For the first time in probably the entire decade that had passed since I had seen or spoken to my own mother, I thought…

— Gabrielle Hamilton

“I am not certain whether my earliest memories are truly mine, because when I bring them to mind, I feel my mothers’ breath on…

— Anita Diamant