Everyone always talks about how well mothers know their children. No one ever seems to notice how well children know their mothers.

Bored people looked for drama and caused trouble.

Once you've started down that road to self-discovery, no matter how treacherous the path before you, you can't turn back. The universe doesn't allow it.

You [meaning mothers] said good-bye a little every day -- from the minute they left your body until they left your home.

In the end, I cared about him so much that I just thought he deserved someone who loved him more than I did.

Motherhood was an ever widening circle of good-byes.

When you're young it's easy to confuse passion for love.