Mom Quotes - Page 23

• It's a date," Leo repeats, and we shake on it.Leo's mother sticks her head in the door. "You guys are too young to be dating!" "Mom!"Leo cries,turning bright red.

  Wendy Mass

  Mother, Doors, Dating

  Wendy Mass (2011). “11 Birthdays: A Wish Novel”, p.266, Scholastic Inc.

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• What she did have, after raising two children, was the equivalent of a PhD in mothering and my undying respect.

  Barbara Delinsky

  Mother, Children, Two

  Barbara Delinsky (2011). “Escape”, p.99, Anchor

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• And you are? (Xypher) Pissed off. You wrecked my car, shoved me around, and are a complete and utter dickhead! (Simone) Dear God, what a mouthful – your mom must have really wanted a son. Mind if I call you ‘Pissed’ for short? The rest of that is just too much to say every time I want your attention. (Xypher)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Son, Car, Mind

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• Mom could say that in hindsight, but it seemed to me that when you were in the middle of something, it was awful hard to figure out what part of it was God's will and what wasn't.

  Jeannette Walls

  Awful, Hindsight, Figures

  Jeannette Walls (2010). “Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel”, p.14, Simon and Schuster

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• Nana glanced at Ben. "I think your mom has catepillars in her ears. She keeps repeating everything I say like she can't hear me.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Thinking, Ears, Your Mom

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• I preferred my brand of beauty where Norah was more beautiful than any bimbette, and Mom was beautiful whether sized extra-small or extra-large. Where Peony could look at herself in the mirror and murmur, wow, look at me. Just look at me.

  Justina Chen

  Beautiful, Mirrors, Looks

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• The reward is in the risk. You can’t stay hidden inside Grandpa’s overprotective cloak forever. You’ve seemed like you needed to grow out of that for a while. Mom and Dad going away, and the red notebook, these things just helped. Now it’s up to you to

  Rachel Cohn

  Notebook, Dad, Grandpa

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.212, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• I read The Hunger Games voraciously and was extremely annoyed when interrupted by such inconsequential things as 'Christmas dinner.' (God, Mom, did you not understand Katniss was being pursued by the mutts? You have several children, why does it always have to be about collecting the whole set all the time?)

  Sarah Rees Brennan

  Children, Katniss, Games

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• I'm a substitute mom." "You're more like a crazy aunt who only gets called when somebody needs bailing out of jail.

  Ilona Andrews

  Crazy, Aunt, Jail

  Ilona Andrews (2008). “Magic Burns”, p.114, Penguin

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• I make a bad mom, but I can pull off a crazy aunt.

  Ilona Andrews

  Crazy, Aunt, I Can

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• Well, at least I’m not a stubborn, button-pushing, Prius-driving, chip-on-your-shoulder-holding, ‘stay-at-home-mom’-is-the-eighth-dirty-word-thinking feminazi!

  Julie James

  Dirty, Home, Thinking

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• We walked on the beach, fed blue corn ships to the seagulls, and munched on blue jelly beans, blue saltwater taffy and all the other free samples my mom brought home from work. I guess I should explain the blue food. See, Gabe had once told my mom there was no such thing. They had this fight, which seemed like a really small thing at the time. But ever since, my mom went out of her way to eat blue. She baked blue birthday cakes. She mixed blueberry smoothies. She bought blue-corn tortilla chips and brought home blue candy from the shop.

  Rick Riordan

  Beach, Home, Fighting

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• She whirled when the monster was almost on top of her. I thought the thing in her hands was an umbrella until she cranked the pump and the shotgun blast blew the giant twenty feet backwards, right into Nico's sword. "Nice one," Paul said. "When did you learn to fire a shotgun?" I demanded. My mom blew the hair out of her face. "About two seconds ago. Percy, we'll be fine. Go!

  Rick Riordan

  Nice, Fire, Hair

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• Honey, have you seen your sister?” She’s on Jupiter, Mom.

  Diane Duane

  Jupiter, Honey

  Diane Duane (2002). “The Wizard's Dilemma”, p.11, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Sometimes, mothers say and do things that seem like they don't want their kids... but when you look more closely, you realize that they're doing those kids a favor. They're just trying to give them a better life.

  Jodi Picoult

  Mother, Kids, Giving

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “Handle with Care: A Novel”, p.261, Simon and Schuster

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• Did you hear that Mitch? Your mom thinks you're beautiful.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Beautiful, Thinking, You Re Beautiful

  Nicholas Sparks (2011). “The Rescue”, p.286, Hachette UK

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• No dates until you're sixteen. And no boyfriends, either.' I'm not quite sure how to tell Mom, but it looks like I don't just have one boyfriend. I have two.

  Cara Lockwood

  Two, Looks, Sixteen

  Cara Lockwood (2006). “Wuthering High: A Bard Academy Novel”, p.257, Simon and Schuster

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• Ellen had long ago stopped being embarrassed by temper tantrums. She flipped it and wore it like a badge of honor. A temper tantrum was a sign that a mom said no when it counted.

  Lisa Scottoline

  Long Ago, Honor, Tantrums

  Lisa Scottoline (2010). “Look Again”, p.53, Pan Macmillan

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• Why did you tell her I'm your boyfriend? Why doesn't she know about your real one? - Timmy He's English! And Mom...Mom hates foreigners! - Cat

  Jeaniene Frost

  Hate, Real, Cat

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• Percy," my mom said. "I give you my blessing." "Be safe brother!" Tyson pleaded. "Enchiladas!" Grover said. I wasn't sure where that came from, but it didn't seem to help much.

  Rick Riordan

  Brother, Blessing, Giving

  Rick Riordan (2009). “Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian”, p.101, Penguin UK

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• A daughter without her mother is a woman broken. It is a loss that turns to arthritis and settles deep into her bones.

  Kristin Hannah

  Daughter, Mother, Loss

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• You take girls, for example. They're copying their moms and magazines and everything to know how to act around guys. I mean it's not like in movies where girls like assholes or anything like that. It's not that easy. They just like somebody that can give them purpose.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Girl, Mean, Giving

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.20, Simon and Schuster

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• Your mom can't hate a whole country because of one person!

  Jeaniene Frost

  Country, Hate, Persons

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• I missed you every minute this week and I don't want to spend another day without you. If my mom disowns me for being with a vampire, then that's her decision, but I've made mine, and I won't apologize of back down from it.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Decision, Vampire, Want

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• When we sat down to eat I took inventory of the people in the room, and the remnants of my good mood evaporated when I realized how very little I had in common with them – the career dads, the responsible and diligent moms – and I was soon filled with dread and loneliness. I locked in on the smug feeling of superiority that married couples give off and that permeated the air – the shared assumptions, the sweet and contented apathy, it all lingered everywhere – despite the absence in the room of anyone single at which to aim this.

  Bret Easton Ellis

  Sweet, Couple, Dad

  Bret Easton Ellis (2010). “Lunar Park”, p.158, Pan Macmillan

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