Parenting Quote by Robin McKinley

“Her mother existed entirely in the moment. And she made every moment sparkle.”

— Lisa Jewell

“The group of people in front of her was jovial and paid her no attention. The group behind was much the same. She was…

— Andre Alexis

“Concerned, somehow, but a hopeful voice; a cheerful, even loving voice. He tried to remember his mother. ‘Cheradenine?’ the voice said again.”

— Iain M. Banks

“But even thinking that brought on an incredible isolation, a suspicion she'd always had, she didn't belong anywhere, she was going to outlive everyone…

— Philipp Meyer

“...and in the gloaming of her dwindling strength there yawned a loneliness so total it was beyond death, a loneliness that obliterated all memory,…

— Junot Díaz

“She was my friend and I loved her and relied on her, even though there were days when her moodiness and fragility frightened me,…

— Julie Metz

“Horribly aware of what was happening, conscious, as she had never been before, that it was possible both to love her mother more than…

— Caroline Moorehead

“An Eleanor, she told herself triumphantly, who belongs, who is talking easily, who is sitting by the fire with her friends.”

— Shirley Jackson

“[Mrs. Rieser] diligently instills into her children the advantages they have here over their miserable fatherland in Salzburg. They knew, saw, and heard nothing…

— Johann Martin Boltzius

“and for a moment she was left blessedly alone.”

— Tess Gerritsen

“With Mrs. Morel it was one of those still moments when the small frets vanish, and the beauty of things stands out, and she…

— D.H. Lawrence

“She wished she had eyes like her sister, huge and bright, constantly straddling the line between terrified child and ingénue.”

— Thomm Quackenbush