“Mariam saw now the sacrifices a mother made. Decency was but one. ”
“To see her, amid all of it. To see that contentment and beauty were not unattainable things.”
“A mother shows mercy.”
“You need to call on your best and strongest self.”
“كم أشتهي أن أكون ابنة أمي فقط ، و لا أحد لي سواها”
“Out loud I said I had two children. Silently I said three. I always felt like apologizing to her for that.”
“A mother is always a mother, since a mother is a biological fact, whilst a father is a movable feast.”
“When you feel neglected, think of the female salmon, who lays 3,000,000 eggs but no one remembers her on Mother s Day”
“Kayli positioned her body for attack, as her mother had taught her”
“My mother s life was way too heavy for me.”
“My mom smiled at me. Her smile kind of hugged me.”
“A mother s body remembers her babies-the folds of soft flesh, the softly furred scalp against her nose. Each child has it s own entreaties to body and soul.”
“But what Mom never told me is that along the way, you find sisters, and they find you. Girls are cool that way.”
“I loved my mother too, I said. I still do. That s the thing - it never goes away, even if the person does.”
“A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.”
“But there s a story behind everything. How a picture got on a wall. How a scar got on your face. Sometimes the stories are simple, and sometimes they are hard and heartbreaking. But behind all your stories is always your mother s story, because hers is where yours begin.”
“If you can t go back to your mother s womb, you d better learn to be a good fighter.”