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

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...

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?

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 touch my heart and feel it start to crack, I guess this is how...

I touch my heart and feel it start to crack, I guess this is how...

It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers...

It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers...

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...

I said so many words that caused you to leave. I said so many more...

I said so many words that caused you to leave. I said so many more...

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,...

'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...

You're leaving me because it's easier to walk away, than to fight for something that...

You're leaving me because it's easier to walk away, than to fight for something that...

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...

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...

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.

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 --...

Life stops when you stop dreaming, hope ends when you stop believing, love ends when...

Life stops when you stop dreaming, hope ends when you stop believing, love ends when...