“ As a child, I was very careful not to erase my mother's writing on the chalkboard because I would miss her. Joyce Rachelle
“ I don't put much stock in remembering things. Being able to forget is a superior skill. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
“ Would you like to come in? I said. My hands were sweaty. Inside my chest an ocean heaved and crashed and heaved again.I would, he said. I saw his Adam's apple jerk as he swallowed. Thank you.I was dis… Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
“ But inside loss there can be gain, too,like the small silver spider Bela had discovered one dewy morning, curled asleep at the center of a rose. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
“ Ebb and flow, ebb and flow, our lives. Is that why we're fascinated by the steadfastness of stars? The water reaches my calves. I begin the story of the Pleiades, women transformed into birds so Swift… Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
“ Bela had thought she knew what love felt like, but when she saw Sanjay at the airport after six long months, her heart gave a great, hurtful lurch, as though it were trying to leap out of her body to… Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
“ My mother clutches at the collar of my shirt. I rub her back and feel her tears on my neck. It's been decades since our bodies have been this close. It's an odd sensation, like a torn ligament knittin… Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
“ If I look closely, I can almost see myself floating in my mother's palm. Yet, when I shut my eyes, I find a different image of my mother releasing me as we dance in the storm and twirl in separate cir… Ursula Hegi
“ What is the nature of life?Life is lines of dominoes falling.One thing leads to another, and then another, just like you'd planned. But suddenly a Domino gets skewed, events change direction, people d… Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
“ 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. Annabelle R. Charbit
“ She is the creature of life, the giver of life, and the giver of abundant love, care and protection. Such are the great qualities of a mother. The bond between a mother and her child is the only real… Ama H. Vanniarachchy
“ I'm two days away from day after tomorrowCounting the hours to my upcoming sorrow Suddenly I lookinto the eyes of my childThen all sadness goneas I smile the way she smiled Munia Khan
“ Mothers are urgently trying to tell something to their daughters, and this urgency is precisely what repels their daughters, forcing them to turn away. Mothers are left stranded, madly holding a lump… Zadie Smith
“ Have I been conditioned to believe that if I am not solicitous, if I am not forthcoming, if I am not a never-ending cornicopia of entertaining delights, they will take their collections of milk-bottle… Margaret Atwood
“ She lifts her eyes, and there is Death in the corner, but not like a king with his iron crown, as the epics claimed. Why, it is a giant brush loaded with white paint. It descends upon her with gentle… Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
“ The first lesson every child of Athena learned: Mom was the best at everything, and you should never, suggest otherwise. Rick Riordan
“ I had never confronted my parents with the true feelings I had for them, and I had certainly never expressed the depth of my feeling for my mother, being too selfish to try when I should have. Brooke Hayward
