The Olinka girls do not believe girls should be educated. When I asked a mother why she thought this, she said: A girl is nothing to herself; only to her husband can she become something. What can she become? I asked. Why, she said, the mother of his children. But I am not the mother of anybody's children, I said, and I am something.
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Related Peter,' she asked, trying to speak firmly, 'what are your exact feelings for me?' Those of a de... J.M. BARRIE Can anything harm us, mother, after the night-lights are lit?" Nothing, precious," she said; "t... J.M. BARRIE Can I ask you something?" you said. "How did you ever survive that scandal?" She said, "I... GABRIELLE ZEVIN A little girl came home from school with a drawing she'd made in class.She danced into the kitchen ,... MITCH ALBOM How do I know you'll keep your word?" asked Coraline. "I swear it," said the other mother. "I s... NEIL GAIMAN I went to my grandmother, your great-great-grandmother, and asked her to write a letter. She was my ... JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER You can't blame her,' said Amit. 'After a life so full of tragedy anyone would become hard.' VIKRAM SETH I love you, Eliza,” I said. She thought about it. “No,” she said at last, “I don’t li... KURT VONNEGUT She said, 'I'm so afraid.' And I said, 'why?,' and she said, 'Because I'm so profoundly happy, Dr. R... KHALED HOSSEINI You know," Marion said, "I met a woman once when I was a teenager. I knew she had gone through a lot... ERICA BAUERMEISTER Do you think you might be able to love me someday?" He asked and heard her laugh softly. ... JASMINE DUBROFF So what was that all about?" "I think," Jace said, "that she asked if she could touch my mango.... CASSANDRA CLARE Are you going to eat him?" Samantha asked... Warrick struggled for a moment, but had to tell h... ERIN KELLISON I asked my mother, 'Who are those people?' She said she didn't know. She was happy because the husba... ELIZABETH NSELE She could not think what it would be to teach school twelve miles away from home, along among strang... LAURA INGALLS WILDER What is it, Angel?" she said, starting up. "Have they come for me?" "Yes, dearest," he sa... THOMAS HARDY And I asked my mother about it; I said, 'Is there something wrong?' She said, 'God... Go... RICHARD DAWSON i asked her why did you change? i am just like you she replied... SHIVANGI LAVANIYA You looked strange climbing in the tree like that." Tiger Lily pulled her braids between her fi... JODI LYNN ANDERSON You should read something else." Why would he have done that to him?" I don't know," she s... NICHOLAS SPARKS You could be David's friend too". She glanced at Tamani when he said nothing. He was frowning. "The ... APRILYNNE PIKE We were kissing. I thought: This is good. I thought: I am not bad at this kissing. Not bad... JOHN GREEN Do you like flowers, Lady Eleanor?" It was him speaking. Lord Blunt. Asking her opinion on some... MEGAN FRAMPTON Did she say anything before she died?" he asked. "Yes," the surgeon said. "She said, 'Forgive h... SHERMAN ALEXIE Why are you being so nice to me?' I asked her. 'You know,' she said, 'when you say stuff like t... SARAH DESSEN Julita was being spinned like a top by a drop-dead-gorgeous Dominicano. Later she told us that he’... ISABEL LOPEZ So what's your doll's name?" Boo asked me. "Barbie," I said. "All their names are Barbie." SARAH DESSEN Perry was leaning into my mother as he listened to what she said. They talked so close. He only lean... MARGARET MCMULLAN I wasn't actually trained by my mother, she said she never taught me but she was a great singer hers... JOAN SUTHERLAND Auri hopped down from the chimney and skipped over to where I stood, her hair streaming behind her. ... PATRICK ROTHFUSS When God Created Mothers" When the Good Lord was creating mothers, He was into His sixth ... ERMA BOMBECK She smiled again. "Do you like cat?" she said. "Yes," said Richard. "I quite like cats." A... NEIL GAIMAN A very dirty little fellow came in from playing in the yard and asked his
mother, "Who am I?" Ready... UNKNOWN He had then warned his daughter not to violate the Eleventh Commandment. "Which one is that?" I... ERICH SEGAL It's a secret code," said Calvin. "Girls are not not like boys. If a boy wants to kill you, he says ... LENORE LOOK God! You'll do anything to avoid it.' Avoid what?' my mother said. The past,' Caroline sai... SARAH DESSEN She didn’t understand why it was happening,” he said. “I had to tell her she would die. Her so... JOHN GREEN Damn, damn, damn," she said. "I never said why I like you, and now I have to go." "That's okay,... RAINBOW ROWELL She shut the door and put the string of keys back on top of the kitchen doorframe. 'You didn't lock ... NEIL GAIMAN A smile spread over Dr. Blockhead's face. 'But where are my manners?' he said. 'What a bad host I am... LES MARTIN I really am a unicorn?' I asked again. 'You think Janis and I escaped from an asylum, don... DEEPIKA KUMAARAGURU Come she saidStay she saidSmile she saidDie she said NâZıM HIKMET A stray dog, I might understand," she said. "But this? You are too softhearted." No, Mabry," Ra... HOLLY BLACK Who am I, that you should love me?" "You are My Queen," said Eugenides. She sat perfectly still... MEGAN WHALEN TURNER You know what else he said?" Anne Marie asked. "Tell me," I said. I didn't want to know, ... BROCK CLARKE Are you not thirsty?" said the Lion. "I am dying of thirst," said Jill. "Then drink," said... C.S. LEWIS I love my mother. My mother loves my dad. Those two facts are undeniable. JOHNA PASSARO Mom." I couldn't believe she was doing this again. She was taking this moment, this time when I was ... SARAH DESSEN When they asked me what I wanted to be I said I didn’t know. "Oh, sure you know," the photogr... SYLVIA PLATH It is raining in my heart. Humanity is shedding a tear. I asked, “Who is suffering?” DEBASISH MRIDHA M.D. Can she be divorced?" I asked. "And famous for her commercials and ideas?" She can be anyt... SARAH DESSEN I had long been resistant to doing a documentary about my mother for personal reasons. And I thought... RORY KENNEDY Do you love him?” I jumped out of my skin. She was standing right beside me. “Who?” JULIE ANNE PETERS She came towards me with a juicy gash between her legs that smelled like my best friend's sister" DAVE MATTHES Why is it you trust my daughter so much when others almost universally revile her?" "I consider... BRANDON SANDERSON But what does he do to qualify as a sonovabitch?” Jenny asked. “Make me”, I replied. ERICH SEGAL I just don't understand it," said Klaus, which was not something he said very often. Violet nod... LEMONY SNICKET But why did she come back and take her card away?" asked Miss Mackintosh. "I told Florence that Miss... E.F. BENSON Sounds like that happens to you a lot. Bet your girlfriend wasn't thrilled, though." She wasn't sure... MELISSA DE LA CRUZ Peeta, you said at the interview you’d had a crush on me forever. When did forever start? SUZANNE COLLINS Kate lost a mother," I said, "but I lost a nothing." Kate doesn't feel that way," Jack assured ... HILARY THAYER HAMANN I wanted to thank you," I said. She wrinkled her nose and squinted like I'd said something funn... RANSOM RIGGS You just looked..." she said, searching for the word, "taken, you know? Plus you hardly reacted to W... SARAH DESSEN You're Gideon's friend." I laughed. Gideon's friend, of course. "Only because his mother pays m... BETHANY FRENETTE What do you fear, lady?' he asked. 'A cage,' she said. J.R.R. TOLKIEN Grace,” I said, very softly. “Say something.” Sam,” she said, and I crushed her to me. MAGGIE STIEFVATER Maybe I'm wrong," Mom said. "Maybe the world really is coming to an end." "Should I try Fox New... SUSAN BETH PFEFFER There is no greater heaven than the heart of a loving mother She takes care of you when you are... BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA ..when a war ends, what does that look like exactly? do the cells in the body stop detonating t... ANDREA GIBSON Phillipa blew out her breath. Running a finger along the soft flower petals, she unfolded the note. ... SUZANNE ENOCH She is standing just behind you. Just behind your right shoulder." In the silence of the woods,... TERRY PRATCHETT Build a house?" exclaimed John. "For the Wendy," said Curly. "For Wendy?" John... J.M. BARRIE When we get out of this, let’s go somewhere again. Me and you.” The tension in her c... VERONICA ROSSI There is a girl. I named her love. She has a father. His name is desire. Her mo... DEBASISH MRIDHA The children came to a perfume shop. In the show window was a large jar of freckle salve, and beside... ASTRID LINDGREN Why don’t you purchase an Italian dictionary? I will assume the expense.” “I have one,”... JULIA QUINN One thing about her," I said, "that often gets lost in all the scripts is that she can love uncondit... REBECCA LEE I don’t want any money.” I put the wallet away. She said: “What are you going to do ... JONATHAN LATIMER When, some months later, Zoltan emailed me about his decision to run for president, I immediately ca... MARK O'CONNELL Do you think they have ice cream here?” Lanie asked. Kyle cocked his eyebrow, obviously... M.K. SCHILLER My mother is my pastor She teaches me the Bible I love her as my mentor She tells me... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR I shall report this, and in the meantime the animal can be taken away by one of the porters.’ BETTY NEELS Oh, my love,' she said. 'What do the only children do?' 'We'll never have to know. ANN PATCHETT My little man,” she said. “No.” She stretched out her hand to him. “Come.” ... MICHAEL GRANT Stop! Stop!” Sophie shrieked with laughter as she ran down the stone steps that led to the g... JULIA QUINN Suddenly Saffron had a picture in her mind of Sarah waiting at the bottom of the wall, and she was a... HILARY MCKAY It is true that you may occasionally overhear a mother say Children must have their naps, It... DONNA EVLETH I wish I was home", She said miserably. She tried so hard to be brave, to be fierce as a... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN (King) was with volleyball, and she wanted something to do. I asked her, 'Do you know what you're do... LARRY WESLEY One of them has to break,” the queen said to the princess. “Only then can it begin.” SARAH J. MAAS That sounds almost practiced, James Carstairs. How many girls have you made swoon with that observat... CASSANDRA CLARE Be strong, little mother,” she said to Melissa. “I know you can be.” “Yes?” Melissa said a... CLIVE BARKER She is catalyst. She is chaos. I can see why he loves her. AMIE KAUFMAN He lingered at the door, and said, 'The Lion wants courage, the Tin Man a heart, and the Scarecrow b... GREGORY MAGUIRE What’s going on?” Ingrid asked. “Listen, nothing bad today, please.” She pulled a chair out ... TAYLOR KEYS I once had a girl, or should I say, she once had me... She showed me her room, isn't it good, ... NORWEGIAN WOOD (THE BEATLES) Forget the girl who had everything. She died when her father did." "But I--" "Nothing is w... JAY KRISTOFF I'm proud of you, Bliss," he said. "Michael's sword released the souls that were trapped in you... MELISSA DE LA CRUZ I buried a nickel under the porch when I was 8, she said, but one day my grandma died & they sol... BRIAN ANDREAS One little girl asked her mom if she could take $20 out of her piggy bank, ... I asked her if she di... TROY MILLER
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ALICE WALKER Sucking up to the biggies won't get us anywhere. ALICE WALKER Many readers fail to realize this, but 'The Color Purple' is a theological text. It is about... ALICE WALKER When we have pleaded for understanding, our character has been distorted; when we have asked for sim... ALICE WALKER The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout. ALICE WALKER She standing there looking me straight in the eye. She look tired and her jaws full of air. I s... ALICE WALKER God is different to us now, after all these years in Africa. More spirit than ever before, and more ... ALICE WALKER His little whistle sound like it lost way down a jar, and the jar in the bottom of the creek. P. 64 ALICE WALKER I believe God is everything, say Shug. Everything that is or ever was or ever will be. And when you ... ALICE WALKER Here's the thing, say Shug. The thing I believe. God is inside you and inside everybody else. You co... ALICE WALKER Like I said...fine with me. ALICE WALKER Who am I to tell her who to love? My job just to love her good and true myself. P. 237 ALICE WALKER Every time I conjure up a rock, I throw it. ALICE WALKER Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You ever notice that tre... ALICE WALKER Here's the thing, say Shug. The thing I believe. God is inside you and inside everybody else. You co... ALICE WALKER The more I wonder, the more I love. ALICE WALKER Man corrupt everything, say Shug. He on your box of grits, in your head, and all over the radio. He ... ALICE WALKER Oh, Celie, unbelief is a terrible thing. And so is the hurt we cause others unknowingly. ALICE WALKER A grown child is a dangerous thing. ALICE WALKER People think pleasing God is all God care about. But any fool living in the world can see it always ... ALICE WALKER All my life I had to fight. I had to fight my daddy. I had to fight my brothers. I had to fight my c... ALICE WALKER Here's the thing, say Shug. The thing I believe. God is inside you and inside everybody else. You co... ALICE WALKER Everything want to be loved. Us sing and dance and holler, just trying to be loved. ALICE WALKER And I thank God let me gain understanding enough to know love can't be halted just cause some people... ALICE WALKER A writer's heart, a poet's heart, an artist's heart, a musician's heart is always breaking. It is th... ALICE WALKER Well how you spect to make her mind? Wives is like children. You have to let 'em know who got the up... ALICE WALKER All my life I had to fight... But I never thought I'd have to fight in my own house... I loves Harpo... ALICE WALKER I had assumed that the Earth, the spirit of the Earth, noticed exceptions -- those who wantonly dama... ALICE WALKER The longer I am a writer--so long now that my writing finger is periodically numb--the better I unde... ALICE WALKER Mr. President how long must women wait to get their liberty? Let us have the rights we deserve. ALICE PAUL I think fashion can always date, but I think if a woman has elegance, she doesn't date. ALICE TEMPERLEY The decisions you make are a choice of values that reflect your life in every way. ALICE WATERS When the wind blows through a wood, its mass is cut and closed by every leaf, forming a train of jit... ALICE OSWALD After I dropped out of college at the age of 19, I became a mortgage broker, and when I went back to... ALICE DREGER After I dropped out of college at the age of 19, I became a mortgage broker, and when I went back to... ALICE DREGER