Mothering Quote by J.M. Barrie

“You always put things at risk. If you fell out of a tree as a child, I'd clean you up and bandage your knees,…

— Courtney Milan

“he felt as if a tree had fallen and pinned him to the ground.”

— Erin Hunter

“I listened carefully as he described his little girl's first steps. He encouraged her to keep her eyes on him, and only when she…

— Mark Nepo

“Once, she fell off of a ladder when I was three. She says all she was worried about was my face as I watched…

— Sarah Kay

“She feels like someone has planted a tree in her chest and then pressed fast foward on the world, branches growing and twisting and…

— Carrie Ryan

“Like the trees, his roots went deep, and I daydreamed that if he wrapped me in his arms, he could safely tuck me away…

— Colleen Houck

“I think she fell out of the stupid tree and hit every branch on the way down.”

— Lorna Seilstad

“He was standing so close to her, all six feet plus inches of masculine strength. So solid and safe. Her valiant protector. It seemed…

— Monica McCarty

“Her thoughts rambled, but she wasn’t daydreaming. Her senses were sharp. She caught the fall of every leaf in the garden, the rustle of…

— Kristin Cashore

“He might as well have told she'd fallen out of the ugly tree and hit her face a few extra times on the way…

— Jessica R. Patch

“He appreciated all beautiful things. As she stood before him poised, scrutinizing every inch of his face, liable to strike him, he thought she…

— Nicki Salcedo

“She saw the shadows of her children, young again, playing on that tree. And now to be here with him. You cross your own…

— Penelope Lively