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“he was the single parent to an adorable little girl, making him the complete package. Only, for whatever reason, his package didn’t do anything…

— Marina Adair

“Vincent laughed. "No, you still need to look like a Helian." "So I should burn everything to a crisp?" "Well, that would definitely get…

— Heather James

“He looked at his face carefully in the glass, put a big dab of lather on each cheek-bone. "It's an honest face. It's a…

— Ernest Hemingway

“That love we have for mothers has to be cut with vinegar, and maybe even acid. Otherwise, it will overwhelm us. She will overwhelm…

— Stephanie Powell Watts

“Oh, to be the spitting image of her father, or a younger version of her mother. She longed to carry those pieces of them,…

— Molly Collier

“And Mom doesn't like anyone cutting her flowers, so I cut up her magazines instead. Do you like it?”

— Ryan Loveless

“Mama kept her makeup and pills in a drawer, like secrets.”

— Bryn Greenwood

“Not selfish things, not things for herself; who could give to unwanted children love, care, a home. All these things she could buy for…

— Agatha Christie

“Pretty packaging doesn’t make a bad gift any better.”

— Melissa Petreshock

“Only compliments on my exceptional mothering skills. I’ve wondered if her tongue didn’t bleed from biting it at the many mistakes I’m sure she…

— Guideposts

“She had been a pleasant surprise. From what her father had said I had expected an intellectual treat in a plain wrapper, but the…

— Rex Stout

“Even in the midst of all this commotion she knows none of it really belongs to her, and marvels at the strange fact of…

— Brady Udall