Green beans Quote by Lauren Oliver

“Hana! Perfect timing. I was just singing your praises.”

— Lauren Oliver

“See Hana say hello, wave and nod, shake hands, and smile.”

— Lauren Oliver

“won’t go wrong.” Hana stands up and stares at me for a moment. “I promise,” she says slowly, giving each word weight, “that everything…

— Lauren Oliver

“I sat there for a moment and thought about my mom. It was her groans of pain that would get me the most. Sometimes…

— Adam Rapp

“Hey, Sally,” he yelled. “What about that meat loaf, huh?” A steely look of anger flared in my mother’s eyes, and I thought, just…

— Rick Riordan

“While Mary brushed my pistachio silk carriage dress, Mama tugged the laces of my corset as tight as they would go. She grunted and…

— Susan Dennard

“please.” Bean’s mother said that Nancy was going through a stage.”

— Annie Barrows

I’m Hana,” Hana says. “And this is Lena.” She jabs me with an elbow. I know I must look like a fish, standing there…

— Lauren Oliver

“Where am I?" mumbled Luz. "You're tied up in a homicidal smuggler's haunted mansion," I informed her. "I remember now. My mom's going to…

— Kirsten Miller

“Everyone else could get through to my mother: all they had to do was dial a number and wait for her to pick up.…

— Sarah Dessen

“See, if you said green bean, I'd be very upset. However, if you told her an eggplant, I'd probably never wear pants again. So…

— Aly Martinez

Fred, you next," the plump woman said. "I'm not Fred, I'm George," said the boy. "Honestly, woman, you call yourself our mother? Can't you…

— Anonymous