Life Quote by Lauren Oliver

“I realized that from now on, my mom’s life and mine would have to be completely, unmistakably different. Nothing about us was the same:…

— Banana Yoshimoto

“It was easier with Mother--always had been--less complicated, less treacherous. I didn't have to be on my guard so much. I didn't have to…

— Khaled Hosseini And The Mountains Echoed

“My mother was very strong about my doing well in school and living up to my potential. Two things were important to her and…

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

“My mother has lived every day of her life as if it were preparation for some kind of crisis.”

— Mavis Gallant

“Maybe growing up was really nothing more than growing away: from your old life, from your old self, all those things that kept you…

— Jennifer E. Smith

“I had spent the last two weeks consumed with my mother’s condition, at her side for many hours every day, living in a soup…

— Jane Gross

“I sat parked for a while in the parent pickup lot, watching a bunch of little kids run relays up and down the field.…

— Jennifer Castle

“A month ago I was a semi average teenager with a paranoid mom and a whole highway to call home. Yeah, I hated it,…

— Airicka Phoenix

“It seems to me that the difficult thing in life is to find what stirs you and move toward it. Mom put us first…

— Christa Parravani

“That was a time of innocence, a time when life was on hold. When life was carefree. The only expectation was to be a…

— Jared C. Wilson

“And I learned what is obvious to a child. That life is simply a collection of little lives, each lived one day at a…

— Nicholas Sparks

“Why did she have to change and her mother didn't? She was still smoking, dating losers, drinking, and partying. She had totally forgotten about…

— Niki Jilvontae