287 Quotes About Mothers-and-daughters

Come back to me safe, Kate," Grace said, whispering, because her throat had closed and her own tears were falling. She had so much to tell Kate, so much more advice to give, but there wasn't time, because the tide was turning and David was no doubt waiting at the pier. But she had time for one last piece of advice. One last, desperate plea. "And for God's sake, don't fall in love with your captain.

My mother belonged to that group of low IQ individuals who find everything alarming and believe that raising your voice is the most effective form of communication.

And what would happen now? What if her dragonet was broken? After all the lying and worrying, she wasn’t sure she could survive if there was something wrong. I will love her anyway, she thought fiercely, hoping that was true.

Her parents were going through a divorce, and she had just discovered something poignant that she shared with me, that I have shared with numerous people since."You know, your mom is just a woman," she said. "She's just a woman like you and me and all other women. We put our moms up on this ridiculous pedestal. We see them as different from the rest of humanity. But they're not. They're just women.

If I am to become naught but ruin, may it be so that you can build anew upon the ashes.

We must do as we're told," Ava reminded her. "We will honor your mother and follow her instructions.""Because she is your maker?" Lea asked, her heart breaking.Ava shook her head. "Because she is yours.

Parents exist in children,' Grandmother said to bolster my confidence. 'Your mother will always exist in you. She will give you strength wherever you go.

By noon, silence arrives one last time, flowing into every space of her room. And before long, silence swallows sound and color and seconds and equations and entire stanzas of old poetry, leaving new words. The sheets are breathless. The room is bruised.My mother is still warm.

Whosoever does not believe in the existence of a sixth sense has clearly not regarded their own mother. How it is they know all they know about you, even those secrets you locked away so tightly in the most hidden compartments of your heart, remains one of the great mysteries of the world. And they don't just know—they know instantly.