Children Quote by Susan Wiggs

“She spent so much of her new life wanting to get a break from the kids, then the rest of her time impatient to…

— Chris Pavone

“She missed most of all the feeling of having a mother.”

— Susan Ornbratt

“Mothering, she learned the hard way, was about loss as well as love.”

— Attica Locke

“the fact that her children were so obviously living their own lives was bittersweet. Their independence was what you hoped for and worked toward,…

— Wendy Wax

“Some of the mothers looked overwhelmed - they were no longer accustomed to supervising their own kids in a normal, day-to-day way.”

— Piper Kerman

“As she spoke, I wanted to cry, because sometimes it's just so damn hard to be a mother. We have to wait and wait…

— Lisa See

“From Charades: when she was younger she was a frustrated mother, so she is pleased when her children act as is they don't remember”

— Lorrie Moore

“...tried to be faultless as a parent, but still she worries that in the end, all her love for her daughter will not compensate…

— Shilpi Somaya Gowda

“Her expression was that of a woman with multiple children who was no longer surprised by anything they did, up to and including arriving…

— Gail Carriger

“And although there were countless single dads who were raising daughters, no one could deny that there were milestones that a girl wanted a…

— Lisa Kleypas

“She hadn’t ever wanted children and yet she had. She had and she did”

— Maggie O'Farrell

“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