Mom Quotes - Page 25

• Evelyn: There's nothing wrong with embracing one's emotions. Brittany: Mom, You don't just embrace your emotions, you make love to them hard-core.

  Gena Showalter

  Making Love, Emotion, Embrace

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• I got a washed out version of Mom’s curls and a better copy of Dad’s blue eyes, The rest of me, I guess, is up for grabs. Except maybe Gran’s nose, but she could have been trying to make me feel better. I’m no prize. Most girls go through a gawky stage, but I’m beginning to think mine will be a lifelong thing. It doesn’t bother me too much. Better to be strong than pretty and useless. I’ll take a plain girl with her head screwed on right over a cheerleader any day.

  Lilith Saintcrow

  Girl, Strong, Dad

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• You look like a handsome young man…although you might want to zip your fly. Mom! What? Should I have not told you and left it for everyone else to notice at the dance?

  Jordan Sonnenblick

  Men, Looks, Want

  Jordan Sonnenblick (2010). “Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie”, p.55, Scholastic Inc.

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• When "Here Comes the Sun" started, what happened? No, the sun didn't come out, but Mom opened up like the sun breaking through the clouds. You know how in the first few notes of that song, there's something about George's guitar that's just so hopeful? It was like when Mom sang, she was full of hope, too. She even got the irregular clapping right during the guitar solo. When the song was over, she paused. "Oh Bee," she said. "This song reminds me of you." She had tears in her eyes.

  Maria Semple

  Song, Eye, Clouds

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• Janie calls Cabel. "Hi, uh, Mom," she says. Cabel snorts. "Hello, dear. Did you make it through the blizzard?" "Yeah. Barely." Janie grins into the phone.

  Lisa McMann

  Phones, Hello, Janie

  Lisa McMann (2010). “Fade”, p.84, Simon and Schuster

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• Just for you non-sea-god types out there, don't go swimming in New York Harbor. It may not be as filthy as it was in my mom's day, but that water will still probably make you grow a third eye or have mutant children when you grow up.

  Rick Riordan

  New York, Children, Growing Up

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• And Max, I've put some scraps in a bowl for your dog," Mom said. "It's on the floor, by the back door." The flock and I went still. Uh-oh, I thought. Total stomped up to me, his glare accusing. "A bowl on the floor!" he seethed. "Why don't you just chain me to a stake in the yard and throw me a bone!

  James Patterson

  Dog, Doors, Yards

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• Girls," their mother interjected, "you must both stop being strange - it is unattractive. And don't forget your hats. It would be absolutely the end for me if you two came down with freckles at a time like this.

  Anna Godbersen

  Girl, Mother, Two

  Anna Godbersen (2014). “The Luxe Complete Collection: The Luxe, Rumors, Envy, Splendor”, p.73, Harper Collins

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• It comes with being sixteen," Mom said. "You teenagers, you go into a cocoon when you turn fifteen and don't come out for years." "So they become butterflies when they finally come out?" my little sister Christina asked. "No," Mom said. "They're still caterpillars, only now they're big fat caterpillars that smell.

  Neal Shusterman

  Teenager, Butterfly, Years

  Neal Shusterman (2006). “The Schwa was here”

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• Growing up, I was utterly oblivious to the fact that Mom was teaching me all that. But I was instantly aware of her final lesson, which was hidden in her notes and leters. As I read them I began to understand that in the end you are the only one who can make yourself happy. More important, Mom showed me that it is never too late to find out how to do it.

  Ruth Reichl

  Growing Up, Teaching, Important

  Ruth Reichl (2010). “For You Mom, Finally”, p.43, Penguin

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• THAT Perseus always won. That's why my momhad named me after him, even if he was son of Zeus ann I was son of Posidon. The original Perseus was one of the only heros in the greek myths who got a happy ending. The others died-betrayed, mauled, mutilated, poisoned, or cursed by the gods. My mom hoped i would inherit Perseus's luck. Judging by how my life was going so far, i wasn't too optimistic.

  Rick Riordan

  Hero, Optimistic, Son

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• I'm so not interesting in having to try and make something out of foil." What, you didn't like the poncho with wraparound leggings?" It was beyond hideou- wait a minute. You watch that show?" My mom loves it." But your suppose to be sulking in the basement getting ready to light fires." What can I say? I'm a failure as a teenager. I watch TV with my mom.

  Elizabeth Scott

  Teenager, Fire, Light

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• My mom is part albino.

  Stephenie Meyer

  My Mom

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• What do you do when Mom leaves you alone like this? (Kat) I write romance novels. (Acheron)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Writing, Romance, Novel

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• I call my mom from the car. I tell her that Neutral Milk Hotel is playing at the Hideout and she says, "Who? What? You're hiding out?" And then I hum a few bars of one of their songs and Mom says, "Oh, I know that song. It's on the mix you made me," and I say, "Right," and she says, "Well you have to be back by eleven," and I say, "Mom this is a historical event. History doesn't have a curfew," and she says, "Back by eleven," and I say, "Fine. Jesus," and then she has to go cut cancer out of someone.

  John Green

  Song, Jesus, Cancer

  John Green, David Levithan (2010). “Will Grayson, Will Grayson”, p.8, Penguin

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• As sure as this Earth is turnin, souls burnin / In search of higher learnin, turnin in every direction seeking direction / My moms cryin cause her insides are dyin / Her son tryin her patience, keep her heart racin / A million beats a minute, I know I push you to your limit / But it's this game, love—I'm caught up all in it / They make it so you can't prevent it, never give it / You gotta take it, can't fake it, I keep it authentic

  Jay-Z

  Heart, Son, Games

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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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• What do you miss about being alive?" The sound of my mom singing, a little off-key. The way my dad went to all my swim meets and I could hear his whistle when my head was underwater, even if he did yell at me afterward for not trying harder. I miss going to the library. I miss the smell of clothes fresh out of the dryer. I miss diving off the highest board and nailing the landing. I miss waffles" - p. 272.

  Laurie Halse Anderson

  Dad, Smell, Clothes

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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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• 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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• I'm still amazed at how my mother emerged from her lonely early life as such an affectionate and levelheaded woman.

  Hillary Clinton

  Mother, Lonely, Affectionate

  Hillary Rodham Clinton (2004). “Living History”, p.2, Simon and Schuster

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• My parents elected me president of the family when I was 4. We actually had an election every year and I always won. I'm an only child, and I could count on my mother's vote.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Mother, Children, Inspiration

  "What These 3 Influential Women Want Girls Everywhere to Know". Interview with Lynn Sherr, communitytable.parade.com. March 8, 2014.

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• She raised us with humor, and she raised us to understand that not everything was going to be great-but how to laugh through it.

  Liza Minnelli

  Mothers Day, Inspiration, Laughing

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• A little girl came home from school with a drawing she'd made in class.She danced into the kitchen ,where her mother was preparing dinner. "Mom,guess what ?" she squealed waving the drawing . her mother never looked up. "what"? she said ,tending to the pots. "guess what?" the child repeated ,waving the drawings. "what?" the mother said , tending to the plates. "Mom, you're not listening" "sweetie,yes I am" "Mom" the child said "you're not listening with your EYES

  Mitch Albom

  Girl, Mother, Children

  Mitch Albom (2009). “Have a Little Faith: A True Story”, Hyperion

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• My mom had four kids, one with special needs. She had a full-time job, and she still came home and made dinner for us every night, from scratch. It was amazing.

  Eva Longoria

  Inspiring, Mother, Jobs

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