My mother...she is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her.

Quote by Jodi Picoult

Topics: Growing Up Quotes, Love Quotes, Mothers Quotes

How could you go about choosing something that would hold the half of your heart...

How could you go about choosing something that would hold the half of your heart...

When heaven breaks, who fixes it?

When heaven breaks, who fixes it?

Is Fate getting what you deserve, or deserving what you get?

Is Fate getting what you deserve, or deserving what you get?

In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for...

In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for...

Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell...

Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell...

When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for...

When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for...

What was the point of being able to forgive, when deep down, you both had...

What was the point of being able to forgive, when deep down, you both had...

You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact...

You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact...

Once you had put the pieces back together, even though you may look intact, you...

Once you had put the pieces back together, even though you may look intact, you...

I know they say that first love is the sweetest, but that first cut is...

I know they say that first love is the sweetest, but that first cut is...

A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London if he...

A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London if he...

Every girl has that one guy she goes back to, heartbreak after heartbreak and nobody...

Every girl has that one guy she goes back to, heartbreak after heartbreak and nobody...

You want me to act like we've never kissed, you want to forget; pretend we've...

You want me to act like we've never kissed, you want to forget; pretend we've...

The emotion that can break your heart is sometimes the very one that heals it...

The emotion that can break your heart is sometimes the very one that heals it...

If a girl has a wall up it's because it was built. Brick by brick,...

If a girl has a wall up it's because it was built. Brick by brick,...

Had we never lov'd sae kindly, Had we never lov'd sae blindly, Never met --...

Had we never lov'd sae kindly, Had we never lov'd sae blindly, Never met --...

It isn't enough for your heart to break because everybody's heart is broken now.

It isn't enough for your heart to break because everybody's heart is broken now.

'I'm happy for you!' is the hardest lie to tell when your old love found...

'I'm happy for you!' is the hardest lie to tell when your old love found...

The hardest mile I ever walked was the one away from you...

The hardest mile I ever walked was the one away from you...

Sometimes the only way the good Lord can get into some hearts is to break...

Sometimes the only way the good Lord can get into some hearts is to break...

I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything...

I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything...