Life Quote by Rodney Crowell
“In the 74 years and nearly four months marking her time on what she called this crooked old Earth, my mother rarely drew a healthy breath. Still, to say that life wasn't fair for this awkwardly glib, yet deeply religious woman, would fail to take into account her towering instinct for survival.”
![“She [my mother] was the force around which our world turned. My mother was propelled through the universe by the brute force of reason. She was the judge in all our arguments. One disapproving word from her was enough to send us off to hide in a corner, where we would cry and fantasize our own…” quote by Nicole Krauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ddd/nicole-krauss-920_argument_she-my-mother-was-the-force-around-which_704012.jpg)
