Parenting Quote by Kristen Tracy

“The last part, she almost barks. She would have made a wonderful poodle — yappy, mean, and inclined to bite.”

— Lexi Whitlow

“She should feel sick. Horrified, stunned. But the horrible truth was, she felt fine. He killed. He killed to protect her. And some ancient,…

— Anne Stuart

“... and her voice cut through the noise like a scythe through a poodle.”

— Daniel O'Malley

“It was too creepy. Too dark. Now she was talking to herself. And that was getting old. She needed a dog. For protection. A…

— Jaime Jo Wright

“But there was something strange about her that made me think she was "somebody." I don't mean her poise, the cool manner in which…

— Anne Rice

“Now she was a killer, a mercenary. And that was all.”

— Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

“Sooner or later I may figure out why you like being a kept poodle.”

— Raymond Chandler

“The girl's still unconscious. I'm surprised you didn't kill her.' 'These miniature versions have parents. And parents ask questions.”

— Terrance Dicks

“Kate sat at her desk. Grendel sprawled by her feet, an enormous black monstrosity that had more in common with the hound of the…

— Ilona Andrews

“The mother dead these fourteen years did incubate in her own bosom the creature who would carry her off.”

— Cormac McCarthy

“I knew that she was trying to save her little girl, but sometimes mothers with the best intentions kill their daughters all the same.”

— Laura Whitcomb

“They say a girl with an ill-fated mother is doomed to follow in her footsteps.”

— K.X. Song