“No matter how old you are, you always want your mothers love and acceptance. I guess Im hoping one day Ill get it back.”

“I always ended up doing things I didnt want to do today just so I didnt regret not doing them tomorrow.”

“No matter how old you are, you always want your mother’s love and acceptance. I guess I’m hoping one day I’ll get it back.”

“I always ended up doing things I didn’t want to do today just so I didn’t regret not doing them tomorrow.”

“Ma was heavy, but not fat; thick with child-bearing and work. She wore a loose Mother Hubbard of gray cloth in which there had once been colored flowers, but the color was washed out now, so that t...”

“As Romeo and Juliet found to their cost, marriage is never just about two people falling in love, it is about families.”

“Families share relationships based not only blood, but also the unique affiliation of a terribly long cord when measured in comparison with any other undertaking in a persons life, from cradle to t...”

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”

“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and ...”