“That ... you were the greatest boyfriend alive. That you were generous and protective and kind and strong. That as much as I wish we'd met when I was older and more mature, I know if I hadn't had you with me when I did then I wouldn't be the person I am today. That you taught me what safe feels like…”— Alexis Bledel, Rory Gilmore, netflix.com
“We’re breaking up. Except we can’t break-up because we’re nothing.”— Alexis Bledel, Rory Gilmore, netflix.com
“No, that’s not how you and I work. We don’t do the passive-aggressive thing. That’s how you and your mother work.”— Alexis Bledel, Rory Gilmore, netflix.com
“i struggle so deeply to understand how someone can pour their entire soul blood and energy into someone without wanting anything in return -i will have to wait till i'm a mother”— Rupi Kaur, amazon.com
“Every time you tell your daughter you yell at her out of love you teach her to confuse anger with kindness which seems like a good idea till she grows up to trust men who hurt her cause they look so much like you.”— Rupi Kaur, amazon.com
“I also believe that parents, if they love you, will hold you up safely, above their swirling waters, and sometimes that means you'll never know what they endured, and you may treat them unkindly, in a way you otherwise wouldn't”— Mitch Albom, amazon.com
“When you look into your mother’s eyes, you know that is the purest love you can find on this earth.”— Mitch Albom, amazon.com
“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.”— Mitch Albom, amazon.com