Hope Quote by Holly Hood

“This little girl's grown up by now," she said. Almost. Not quite. I wish you all a long and happy life.”

— Alice Sebold

“Don't you see?" she says. "I want your life to be better than mine. That's all any parent wants.”

— Katie Crouch

“Hey, pretty girl. How you doing?” “Adopted,” she says.”

— Gabrielle Zevin

“I’m just a really messed-up person. I don’t know how to handle life like every other normal college student out there,” I sighed.”

— Kimberly Lauren

“What did you want to be when you grew up?' I ask, just to keep the conversation going. 'Alive.' He shrugs. Well, that's... something.”

— Rebecca Yarros

“He sighed against my hair. "Be good. Listen to the boys. Try not to get them into any trouble." I scoffed. "I don't do…

— C.L. Stone

“Kendall, you’re delving into an area you shouldn’t mess with,” she warns.”

— Marley Gibson

“Maybe it's okay to be a kid once in a while.”

— Rick Riordan

“I must be old, Pyotr thought to himself, if my son is being kind to me.”

— Katherine Arden

“he says it gently, but I can feel a pained history behind the words. Kids can be cruel to each other. To themselves.”

— Nicola Yoon

“Wasn’t it hard that you did so much for children and loved them so deeply and they seemed so indifferent to you in return?”

— Maeve Binchy

“I wasn't exactly good with children. I wasn't bad with them, as such. I just wasn't around them much and, because of that, when…

— Kristen Ashley