Bystanders Quote by Curtis Sittenfeld

She was the archetypal selfless mother: living only for her children, sheltering them from the consequences of their actions - and in the end…

— Marcia Muller

Once again, her parents' problems had run through her life like a piece of heavy equipment, smashing everything in their way.

— Maureen Johnson

Never did she find anything so difficult as to keep herself from losing her temper when she was suddenly disturbed while absorbed in a…

— Frances Hodgson Burnett

She wasn't that tough on me, but I think she was often a little frightened - being a single parent. So it begets this…

— Ashley Judd

One must be patient like the earth. What iniquities are being perpetuated on her! Yet she quietly endures them all.

— Sarada Devi

Time and tragedy have forced her to grow too quickly, at least for my taste, into a young woman who stitches bleeding wounds and…

— Suzanne Collins

My mother wasn't strong like my aunt. She was just very passive.

— Tyler Perry

I imagine people might look at me and think 'Oh, she has been single-mindedly working on her career all these years and those family…

— Savannah Guthrie

She became whoever she needed to be to survive,but she never let anyone else define her.

— Jodi Picoult

Even with everything broken and decided inside her she couldn't quite allow herself to disappear for good.

— John Green

She did not need to fold into herself and self-destruct. Those awful things are survivable, because we are as indestructible as we believe ourselves…

— John Green

She had all her life long been accustomed to harbor thoughts and emotions which never voiced themselves… They belonged to her her and were…

— Kate Chopin