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

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...

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...

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...

When heaven breaks, who fixes it?

When heaven breaks, who fixes it?

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...

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...

Death ne'er can fail the man who wills to die.

Death ne'er can fail the man who wills to die.

You've never seen death? Look in the mirror every day and you will see it...

You've never seen death? Look in the mirror every day and you will see it...

Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right...

Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right...

You are time. Foul time, who steals the gold from a maiden's hair and takes...

You are time. Foul time, who steals the gold from a maiden's hair and takes...

Courage leads to heaven; fear to death.

Courage leads to heaven; fear to death.

Death is the begining, the birth of births, a rebirth, a second chance to fix...

Death is the begining, the birth of births, a rebirth, a second chance to fix...

It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only...

It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only...

When I consider how my light is spent / Ere half my days in this...

When I consider how my light is spent / Ere half my days in this...

He sees it in the juvenile street gangs, who live in fear of death and...

He sees it in the juvenile street gangs, who live in fear of death and...

Welcome death, quoth the rat, when the trap fell.

Welcome death, quoth the rat, when the trap fell.

If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, heat; if height, depth; if...

If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, heat; if height, depth; if...

Funeral by funeral, theory advances

Funeral by funeral, theory advances

That devastating moment when he tells you about the girl he likes...that's not you.

That devastating moment when he tells you about the girl he likes...that's not 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...