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“Would you like some more pancakes?" Annie asked. I could tell that Annie was a smart girl. I hate to eat on the job.…

— Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

“We all ate a lot. I slept in this morning, though, so I think I’m more rested than you.” “You needed the sleep.” “So…

— Lily Harper Hart

“You make a nice mum,’ I mumbled. ‘I always hoped one day the woman of my dreams would say those words to me,’ he…

— Mhairi McFarlane

“I had always been proud of my mom. So she’d never back cookies, or sew a Halloween costume, but she could fight monsters. She…

— Rachel Hawkins

“We drove to a place in Sandy Bay, right near the beach. They had so many things on the menu, but mostly they had…

— Favel Parrett

“Just behave and don’t do anything you’ll regret in the morning." Her gaze drifted over my shoulder, and she mustered, “Wouldn’t be much.” “Mom!”…

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

“While Mary brushed my pistachio silk carriage dress, Mama tugged the laces of my corset as tight as they would go. She grunted and…

— Susan Dennard

“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

“I made an egg salad sandwich and took a bite of it over the open silverware drawer. A piece of egg salad fell in…

— Nicholson Baker

“Time passes, her mother said, peeling carrots. No matter what you do. No matter what happens, she said, crushing garlic, hammering the side of…

— Alexander Maksik

“down the hallway. “Come back to your room; I got you some new clothes, and breakfast, too!” My stomach gurgled at the mention of…

— Melissa Giorgio

“She’s cute, you know?” Ollie bent forward and picked up the last slice of pizza and stood. “Only she could pass out in the…

— J. Lynn