Achilles Quote by Janell Rhiannon

“as his mother told Grandma Marie, there are no words for some”

— Chris Abani

“You see, Dimitri and I, we are both suffering from ennui! We have still the match-boxes. But at last one gets tired even of…

— Anatole France

“My mother and Alexis had said no more than ten words to each other. The long silences were deafening”

— Howard Norman

“What did your mother do?" he said. "Sir?" "When it was time for bed," said the King. "Tell me." The girls exchanged nervous glances.…

— Heather Dixon

“My mother and I never really understood one another. We translated each other's meanings and I seemed to hear less than what was said,…

— Amy Tan

“The boys didn’t say a word. They stared at their mother, through to the back of her eyes, looking for her, but unable to…

— Holliday Vann

“I spoke of my father, mother, and sister, but of him whom I love better than all I breathed never a word.”

— Grace Livingston Hill

“Another husband could be found and with That husband another son. But I have no mother now. I have no father. I cannot bring…

— Sophocles

“My speech impediment had been absent for some time now—four months and six days. I’d almost imagined myself cured. So when Mother swept into…

— Sue Monk Kidd

“finally turned away. My aunt stood watching from the back door, frail and hunched. “Tell me the rest,” I said, and she did, her…

— Kate Quinn

“I missed my mother and Elysius. It wasn't that I wanted them with me at that very moment. I wanted them in the past.…

— Bridget Asher

“She’s nothing like we were at her age.” “I know.” I reply, bewildered. “Every responsibility I give her, every duty—she absorbs like a sponge.…

— Emma Chase