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

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?

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death;...

And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death;...

Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance is the death of knowledge.

Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance is the death of knowledge.

I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to...

I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to...

There's something about death that is comforting. The thought that you could die tomorrow frees...

There's something about death that is comforting. The thought that you could die tomorrow frees...

Personally, I've always thought dying on vacation was the better way to go . ....

Personally, I've always thought dying on vacation was the better way to go . ....

He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.

He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.

Im sure now that grieving and healing are the same thing sometimes, and magic and...

Im sure now that grieving and healing are the same thing sometimes, and magic and...

I'm not scared of dyin', and I don't really care if it's peace you find...

I'm not scared of dyin', and I don't really care if it's peace you find...

LIfe? LIfe? It's Death that makes life worth living for.

LIfe? LIfe? It's Death that makes life worth living for.

If you die in an elevator, be sure to push the Up button.

If you die in an elevator, be sure to push the Up button.

For precious friends hid in death's dateless night.

For precious friends hid in death's dateless night.

Fame is an undertaker that pays but little attention to the living, but bedizens the...

Fame is an undertaker that pays but little attention to the living, but bedizens the...

Though sorrow may impede my heart, It is of great love to have known you.

Though sorrow may impede my heart, It is of great love to have known you.

Your coffin reached the monstrous hole. And a part of me went down into the...

Your coffin reached the monstrous hole. And a part of me went down into the...