Mom Quotes - Page 38

• Mom's eyes blazed. "Are you sleeping with her?" Oh, god. Did we have to do this here? Now? "Well, actually," I smirked, "we don't get a lot of sleep.

  Julie Anne Peters

  Sleep, Eye, Wells

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• A guy who treats his mom well, treats his wife well.

  Sarah Mlynowski

  Wife, Guy, Treats

  Sarah Mlynowski (2011). “Ten Things We Shouldn't Have Done”, p.50, Hachette UK

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• And you, Mom. I loved you. You've asked if i felt and understood that you loved me. of course I did. And you know this. I loved your love because it kept me safe and happy and wanted, and it existed beyond words and hugs and eyes.

  Lisa Genova

  Eye, Hug, Safe

  Lisa Genova (2013). “Love Anthony”, p.302, Simon and Schuster

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• I pictured my mom, alone in our little apartment on the Upper East Side. I tried to remember the smell of her blue waffles in the kitchen. It seemed so far away.

  Rick Riordan

  Blue, Smell, Kitchen

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• Okay, using the dreaded middle name is not the best way to forge a bond.

  Adam Brody

  Mother, Names, Way

  "Fictional character: Seth". "The O.C."/ "The Distance", www.imdb.com. 2004.

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• Mom is always saying I'm a smart kid, but that I just don't apply myself.

  Jeff Kinney

  Smart, Kids, Smart Kid

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• I like Daniel. He takes care of you." I blinked. "Oh my God. Did you really just say that? He takes care of me?" Dad flushed. "I didn't mean it like-" "Takes care of me? Did I go to sleep and wake up in the nineteenth century?" I looked down at my jeans and T-shirt. "Ack! I can't go to school like this. Where's my corset? My bonnet?" Dad sighed as Mom walked in with her empty teacup. "What did I miss?" She said. "Dad's trying to marry me off to Daniel." I looked at him. "You know, if you offer him a new truck for a dowry, he might go for it.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Dad, Mean, Sleep

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• Your mom isn’t going to let me step foot inside this place. I’ve seen the gun she keeps on the top shelf of the pantry.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Gun, Feet, Steps

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.997, Simon and Schuster

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• These are all direct quotes, except every time they use a curse word, I'm going to use the name of a famous American poet: 'You Walt Whitman-ing, Edna St. Vincent Millay! Go Emily Dickinson your mom!' 'Thanks for the advice, you pathetic piece of E.E. Cummings, but I think I'm gonna pass.' 'You Robert Frost-ing Nikki Giovanni! Get a life, nerd. You're a virgin.' 'Hey bro, you need to go outside and get some fresh air into you. Or a girlfriend.' I need to get a girlfriend into me? I think that shows a fundamental lack of comprehension about how babies are made.

  John Green

  Baby, Girlfriend, Thinking

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• Whenever I appeared to have won an argument, Mom would say something like, 'Even broken clocks are right twice a day.

  Tammara Webber

  Broken, Argument, Clock

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• When you're a mom, you learn about fear. You're always afraid. Always. About everything from cupboard doors to kidnappers to weather.

  Kristin Hannah

  Doors, Weather, Cupboards

  Kristin Hannah (2014). “Fly Away”, p.395, Pan Macmillan

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• My mom says you only need three people you can rely on to achieve self-actualization.

  Cassandra Clare

  Self, People, Three

  Cassandra Clare (2010). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (3 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass”, p.266, Simon and Schuster

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• It's the child who's supposed to cry, and the mom who makes it all better, not the other way around, which is why mothers will move heaven and earth to hold it together in front of their own kids.

  Jodi Picoult

  Mother, Children, Moving

  Jodi Picoult (2010). “House Rules: A Novel”, p.225, Simon and Schuster

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• Whenever I'm with my mother, I feel as though I have to spend the whole time avoiding land mines.

  Amy Tan

  Daughter, Mother, Land

  Amy Tan (2006). “The Kitchen God's Wife”, p.15, Penguin

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• We break our huddle and Eight immediately transforms into one of his massive avatars. His handsome features melt away, replaced by the snarling face and golden mane of a lion. He grows to about twelve feet, ten arms sprouting out of his sides, each of them tipped with razor-sharp claws. Nine whistles through his teeth. 'Now we're talking,' Nine says. 'One of your parents must've been a chimæra. Probably your mom.

  Pittacus Lore

  Eight, Talking, Feet

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• Did you get Mom a birthday present?" Helen asked. "Yes," Gansey replied. "Myself." "The gift that keeps on giving." "I don't think that minor children are required to get gifts for their parents. I'm a dependent. That's the definition of dependent, is it not?" "You, a dependent!" his sister said, and laughed. "You haven't been a dependent since you were four. You went straight from kindergarten to old man with a studio apartment.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Children, Men, Thinking

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• My mom told me that I should trust the man who could see the sorrow behind my smile, the love behind my anger, and the reasons behind my silence.

  Jill Shalvis

  Men, Silence, Sorrow

  Jill Shalvis (2015). “Lucky Harbor Collection 3: It Had To Be You, Always On My Mind, Once In A Lifetime”, p.441, Hachette UK

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• Must’ve been hard on your mom,” Frank said. “I guess we’ll do anything for someone we love.” Hazel squeezed his hand appreciatively. Nico stared at the cobblestones. “Yeah,” he said bitterly. “I guess we will.

  Rick Riordan

  Hands, Cobblestone, Yeah

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• My mother's great. She has the major looks. She could stop you from doing anything, through a closed door even, with a single look. Without saying a word, she has that power to rip out your tonsils.

  Whoopi Goldberg

  Mother, Rip, Doors

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• If I could just stay alive for a week, I’d know the unwritten secrets of Anna’s mom and the Dutch Tulip Guy.

  John Green

  Guy, Secret, Alive

  John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.77, Penguin

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• But I killed a man just like my mother did. David says it’s okay because I didn’t mean to, and because he was about to kill that little kid. But I’m pretty sure my mom didn’t mean to kill my dad, either, so what difference does that make, meaning or not meaning to do something? Accident or on purpose, the result is the same, and that’s one fewer life than there should be in the world.

  Veronica Roth

  Mother, Dad, Mean

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• What happened when you were twelve?” “Oh, Mom offered to take us all out for dinner—us girls, Dad was out of town—to celebrate, but I didn’t want to. This book I’d been waiting for had just come out, and the only thing I wanted to do was read it all night.” “My God,” I said, touching the top of her nose. “You’re adorable.

  Richelle Mead

  Girl, Dad, Book

  Richelle Mead (2013). “Bloodlines: The Fiery Heart”, p.260, Penguin UK

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• Time is the only comforter for the loss of a mother.

  Jane Welsh Carlyle

  Mother, Time, Loss

  Jane Welsh Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle (1887). “Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle”

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• ~As a working mother high heels don't really fit into my life anymore - but in a totally wonderful way. I would much rather think about my son than myself.~

  Sarah Jessica Parker

  Mother, Son, Parenting

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• My mom always complains about my lack of a boyfriend. Well, next time she asks, I'm going to tell her I'm dating two different guys-Mr Duracell and Mr Energizer.

  Michelle Landry

  Funny, Cute, Boyfriend

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