71 quotes found
“Maybe mothers - consciously or subconsciously - repelled their daughters in different ways.”
“Most people who offer their help do it to make themselves feel better, not us. To be honest, I don't blame them. It's superstition: If you give assistance to the family in need... if you throw salt...”
“I think there are two different oceans - the one that plays with you in the summer, and the one that gets so mad in the winter.”
“Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life.”
“Doing the right thing for someone else occasionally means doing something that feels wrong to you.”
“When we sat down on the couch again, you curled up against my side, like you used to when you were a tod”
“I drew it over my skin like a violins bow, No one would ever hear the song of my shame.”
“You can miss a person you've never known.”
“People ask all the time how I'm doing, but the truth is, they don't really want to know.”
“Polar north can't get away from a magnet; the magnet finds it, no matter what.”
“I would prove to you that being different isn't a death sentence but a call to arms.”
