mom

Link	Quote	Tags	Author
d8155a9	Everybody wants to save the Earth; nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes.	dishes earth help mom save	P.J. O'Rourke
ab58750	Girls like guys to be a challenge. It gives them some mold to fit in how they act. Like a mom. What would a mom do if she couldn't fuss over you and make you clean your room? And what would you do without her fussing and making you do it? Everyone needs a mom. And a mom knowns this. And it gives her a sense of purpose. You get it?	guys mom purpose	Stephen Chbosky
c381dd7	... such speculation is like staring into the hot white sun. you know the sun is there but you can't see a thing.	mom	Joyce Carol Oates
288cda2	If our family was an airline, Mom was the hub and we were the spokes. You rarely went anywhere nonstop; you went via Mom, who directed the traffic flow and determined the priorities: which family member was cleared for takeoff or landing. Even my father was not immune to Mom's scheduling, though he was given more leeway than the rest of us.	mom	Will Schwalbe
42f2321	"Mr. Kerrick wants your hair one color so you don't stand out so much." Mr. Kerrick could kiss my ass."	kerrick mom touch-of-power	Maria V. Snyder
e4de27a	"I need a break after school," she told me later. "School is hard because a lot of people are in the room, so you get tired. I freak out if my mom plans a play date without telling me, because I don't want to hurt my friends' feelings. But I'd rather stay home. At a friend's house you have to do the things other people want to do. I like hanging out with my mom after school because I can learn from her. She's been alive longer than me. We have thoughtful conversations. I like having conversations because they make people happy."	feelings happy home introvert introverts learning mom play quiet school thoughtful thoughts	Susan Cain
4b95f0e	"It's just hard now because... you're jealous. But your heart is so generous and warm, it will melt the bad feelings away." I am 100 percent positive that my mom is the wisest mother in the world."	heart jealous mom mother wise	Jane O'Connor
14fb749	The soul of a child is the loveliest flower that grows in the garden of God.	children chirstian father flower garden god love lovely mom parent soul spirit	Elizabeth George
a733463	"You need to neuter him. Otherwise he'll spray all over the house. The stench is awful. And when he isn't out catting around, little female cats in heat will show up and wail under the windows." Kill me, please. "He is a nice cat. He's not like that." "It's instinct, Dali. Before you know it, you'll be running a feline whorehouse."	jim mom	Ilona Andrews
afe6e57	"Amanda, you finally decided to answer the phone," her mom exclaimed after picking up at the first ring. "Where've you been, what've you been up to?" "Mom, do you remember when I was a kid, I had a friend, he was a Personification of the Sydney Tar Ponds, sort of my imaginary friend?" Mandy asked. "No, what in the name of god are you on about?" her mom sighed in exasperation. "Remember? Only I could see him, but he was real and he was my best friend when I was eighteen?" Mandy insisted. "No, I don't remember Alecto Sydney Steele at all," said her mom all too quickly."	call canada cape-breton conversation dysfunctional-families eighteen family friend friendship girl imaginary-companion imaginary-friend imaginary-playmate invisible invisible-friend mom mother nova-scotia phone pretend pretend-friend remember sydney-tar-ponds talk telephone	Rebecca McNutt
86899e7	A mothers greatest joy in having a child is to give that child fully and freely to God.	christian free god joy mom mother woman	Elizabeth George
574fae9	No matter what you do each day...or in life...doing things God's way is a matter of the heart.	christian god heart mom mother wife	Elizabeth George
93cc6e0	Your family will flourish when decisions are guided by the Lord--the head of your household.	family flourish guided head household lord love mom parent	Elizabeth George
89d24ba	God begins molding a mother after His own heart on the inside--in the inner woman and her heart--and then works outward.	god heart life molding mom mother woman	Elizabeth George
8874cee	Pain cannot be ignored. However, it can be endured. When necessary, a great deal of pain can be endured. Just ask my mother.	endure ignore mom mother pain power strength	Charlie Huston
561677a	He had seen bigger men than he with mummy's handkerchief clutched in on hand and a bloody dagger in the other.	dagger dangerous love men mom psycho sweet	Eoin Colfer
dc3f7bd	We are all born free from all religious affiliations and only come to believe in such things after being introduced to it -- so, atheism is the default position. Although some children are not indoctrinated with a specific religion before the age of reason, there are many more who are.	atheist born-atheist dad default-position indoctrination mom religion-christianity	David G. McAfee
a842eca	But you have to take control of your destiny. And sometimes that's not easy.	gamer-girl life-lessons maddy mari-mancusi mom mother-daughter-talk	Mari Mancusi
a6f81f8	"I lead Paco through the house. We pass Shelley in the family room looking at some magazine. "Shelley, this is Paco. He's Alex's friend. Paco, this is my sister, Shelley." At the mention of Alex's name, Shelley gives a happy squeal. "Hey, Shelley," Paco says. Shelley smiles wide. "Shell-bell, I need you to do me a favor." Shelley bobs her head in response as I whisper, "I need you to keep Mom occupied while I talk to Paco." Shelley grins, and I know my sister will come through for me."	distract favor friend mom paco shelley-ellis sister	Simone Elkeles

Everybody wants to save the Earth; nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes.

P.J. O'Rourke

ab58750

Girls like guys to be a challenge. It gives them some mold to fit in how they act. Like a mom. What would a mom do if she couldn't fuss over you and make you clean your room? And what would you do without her fussing and making you do it? Everyone needs a mom. And a mom knowns this. And it gives her a sense of purpose. You get it?

guys mom purpose

Stephen Chbosky

c381dd7

... such speculation is like staring into the hot white sun. you know the sun is there but you can't see a thing.

mom

Joyce Carol Oates

288cda2

If our family was an airline, Mom was the hub and we were the spokes. You rarely went anywhere nonstop; you went via Mom, who directed the traffic flow and determined the priorities: which family member was cleared for takeoff or landing. Even my father was not immune to Mom's scheduling, though he was given more leeway than the rest of us.

mom

Will Schwalbe

42f2321

"Mr. Kerrick wants your hair one color so you don't stand out so much." Mr. Kerrick could kiss my ass."

kerrick mom touch-of-power

Maria V. Snyder

e4de27a

"I need a break after school," she told me later. "School is hard because a lot of people are in the room, so you get tired. I freak out if my mom plans a play date without telling me, because I don't want to hurt my friends' feelings. But I'd rather stay home. At a friend's house you have to do the things other people want to do. I like hanging out with my mom after school because I can learn from her. She's been alive longer than me. We have thoughtful conversations. I like having conversations because they make people happy."

feelings happy home introvert introverts learning mom play quiet school thoughtful thoughts

Susan Cain

4b95f0e

"It's just hard now because... you're jealous. But your heart is so generous and warm, it will melt the bad feelings away." I am 100 percent positive that my mom is the wisest mother in the world."

heart jealous mom mother wise

Jane O'Connor

14fb749

The soul of a child is the loveliest flower that grows in the garden of God.

children chirstian father flower garden god love lovely mom parent soul spirit

Elizabeth George

a733463

"You need to neuter him. Otherwise he'll spray all over the house. The stench is awful. And when he isn't out catting around, little female cats in heat will show up and wail under the windows." Kill me, please. "He is a nice cat. He's not like that." "It's instinct, Dali. Before you know it, you'll be running a feline whorehouse."

jim mom

Ilona Andrews

afe6e57

"Amanda, you finally decided to answer the phone," her mom exclaimed after picking up at the first ring. "Where've you been, what've you been up to?" "Mom, do you remember when I was a kid, I had a friend, he was a Personification of the Sydney Tar Ponds, sort of my imaginary friend?" Mandy asked. "No, what in the name of god are you on about?" her mom sighed in exasperation. "Remember? Only I could see him, but he was real and he was my best friend when I was eighteen?" Mandy insisted. "No, I don't remember Alecto Sydney Steele at all," said her mom all too quickly."

call canada cape-breton conversation dysfunctional-families eighteen family friend friendship girl imaginary-companion imaginary-friend imaginary-playmate invisible invisible-friend mom mother nova-scotia phone pretend pretend-friend remember sydney-tar-ponds talk telephone

Rebecca McNutt

86899e7

A mothers greatest joy in having a child is to give that child fully and freely to God.

christian free god joy mom mother woman

Elizabeth George

574fae9

No matter what you do each day...or in life...doing things God's way is a matter of the heart.

christian god heart mom mother wife

Elizabeth George

93cc6e0

Your family will flourish when decisions are guided by the Lord--the head of your household.

family flourish guided head household lord love mom parent

Elizabeth George

89d24ba

God begins molding a mother after His own heart on the inside--in the inner woman and her heart--and then works outward.

god heart life molding mom mother woman

Elizabeth George

8874cee

Pain cannot be ignored. However, it can be endured. When necessary, a great deal of pain can be endured. Just ask my mother.

endure ignore mom mother pain power strength

Charlie Huston

561677a

He had seen bigger men than he with mummy's handkerchief clutched in on hand and a bloody dagger in the other.

dagger dangerous love men mom psycho sweet

Eoin Colfer

dc3f7bd

We are all born free from all religious affiliations and only come to believe in such things after being introduced to it -- so, atheism is the default position. Although some children are not indoctrinated with a specific religion before the age of reason, there are many more who are.

atheist born-atheist dad default-position indoctrination mom religion-christianity

David G. McAfee

a842eca

But you have to take control of your destiny. And sometimes that's not easy.

gamer-girl life-lessons maddy mari-mancusi mom mother-daughter-talk

Mari Mancusi

a6f81f8

"I lead Paco through the house. We pass Shelley in the family room looking at some magazine. "Shelley, this is Paco. He's Alex's friend. Paco, this is my sister, Shelley." At the mention of Alex's name, Shelley gives a happy squeal. "Hey, Shelley," Paco says. Shelley smiles wide. "Shell-bell, I need you to do me a favor." Shelley bobs her head in response as I whisper, "I need you to keep Mom occupied while I talk to Paco." Shelley grins, and I know my sister will come through for me."

distract favor friend mom paco shelley-ellis sister

Simone Elkeles