Adoption Quote by Janet Louise Stephenson

“In the silence that followed, I was aware of just how much I wished things were different. I wanted to be able to talk…

— Morgan Matson

“Ah, well..." I started to say, and then stopped. So that was where he was going; I'd heard it before. Richard had told me…

— John Irving

“Eddie told her he had made things square and her eyebrows lifted and her lips spread and Eddie felt and old, warm feeling he…

— Mitch Albom

“I hadn't thought about Mom as much as I probably should have lately. It was a relief not to have all those emotional waves…

— Karen Ann Hopkins

“I was like my father. And that was okay. I had always said I was a combination of him and my mother, and it…

— Kandi Steiner

“One day when I was fourteen, I told Charlie that I hated Mother. “Don’t hate her, Jo,” he told me. “Feel sorry for her.…

— Ruta Sepetys

“You know now how deeply unhappy your mother was, and you also know that in his own fumbling way your father loved her, that…

— Paul Auster

“The live, warm presence of my mother had disappeared. In its place stood this remoteness posing as Mama. Her anxiety was unbearable to me.…

— Vivian Gornick

“Now, sitting opposite him, she still saw the handsome young man she had fallen in love with. The self-assured, optimistic artist no one had…

— Dolores Redondo

“I wanted to explore this idea that the bogey man in the closet is scary, but being a mother is scarier.”

— Joe Hill

“He seemed particularly insistent. I both did and didn’t want to be left alone at the house with my mother. There was an aching…

— Danzy Senna

“Son, I hope your opinion of your mother hasn’t lessened, knowing what you now know.” Gavin glanced up; incredulity skewed his eyebrows. His expression…

— Richelle E. Goodrich