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The Mother-in-Law QUOTES

The Mother-in-Law QUOTES

1 " but I doubt there is a loss in the universe more profound than a daughter losing her mother. "

― Sally Hepworth , The Mother-in-Law

2 " I worked hard for everything I ever cared about, & nothing I ever cared about cost a single cent." ~ Mum "

― Sally Hepworth , The Mother-in-Law

3 " People underestimate the role fate plays in our lives. "

― Sally Hepworth , The Mother-in-Law

4 " Who are we after we’re gone? I wonder. It’s a good question to ponder. Most people can’t come up with an answer right away. They frown, consider it for a minute. Maybe even sleep on it. Then the answers start to come. We’re our children. Our grandchildren. Our great-grandchildren. We’re all the people who will go on to live, because we lived. We are our wisdom, our intellect, our beauty, filtered through generations, continuing to spill into the world and make a difference. "

― Sally Hepworth , The Mother-in-Law

5 " maybe, she was so busy looking at the problems in the world, she forgot to give chances to those right under her nose. "

― Sally Hepworth , The Mother-in-Law

6 " I doubt there is a loss in the universe more profound than a daughter losing her mother. "

― Sally Hepworth , The Mother-in-Law

7 " Some people jumped in and tried to save someone who was in trouble; others did anything they could to save themselves. "

― Sally Hepworth , The Mother-in-Law

8 " It is just a problem, Antoinette, he would probably have said, and a problem is only a problem until you solve it. "

― Sally Hepworth , The Mother-in-Law

9 " . . . there’s really only two pieces of wisdom worth leaving behind. I worked hard for everything I ever cared about. And nothing I ever cared about cost a singly cent. "

― Sally Hepworth , The Mother-in-Law

10 " Sons see the best parts of you, but daughters really see you. They see your flaws and your weaknesses. They see everything they don’t want to be. They see you for exactly who you are … and they hate you for it. "

― Sally Hepworth , The Mother-in-Law

11 " To my family and friends who live in terror of being cast as a villain in one of my books. It's a valid fear. Be nice to me. "

― Sally Hepworth , The Mother-in-Law

12 " It’s the truth. Ollie and Nettie would never help me. I’m their mother, which means in our relationship they will always be children, and will only see things from their own perspectives. "

― Sally Hepworth , The Mother-in-Law

13 " By the time I get out of the shower, Tom is in bed. At first I think he is asleep, but as soon as I crawl in beside him, his eyes open. “How are you going to live without me?” he says. We both chuckle, even as a tear slides from the corner of Tom’s eye. “I won’t,” I say, and then he reaches for me and we don’t talk anymore "

― Sally Hepworth , The Mother-in-Law

14 " If you ask me, everyone is a little too interested in their children’s happiness. Ask anyone what they wish for their kids and they’ll all say they want them to be happy. Happy! Not empathetic contributing members of society. Not humble, wise and tolerant. Not strong in the face of adversity or grateful in the face of misfortune. I, on the other hand, have always wanted hardship for my kids. Real, honest hardship. Challenges big enough to make them empathetic and wise. Take the pregnant refugee girls I deal with every day. They’ve been through unimaginable hardships, and here they are working hard, contributing and grateful. What more could you want for your kids? "

― Sally Hepworth , The Mother-in-Law

15 " We’re our children. Our grandchildren. Our great-grandchildren. We’re all the people who will go on to live, because we lived. We are our wisdom, our intellect, our beauty, filtered through generations, continuing to spill into the world and make a difference. Most "

― Sally Hepworth , The Mother-in-Law

16 " It’s funny, what the younger generation assumes we don’t know. They assume we couldn’t possibly understand the agony of heartbreak, or the pressure of buying a house. We couldn’t understand infertility or depression or the fight for equality. If we have experienced any of these things, they were milder, softer versions, played out in sepia, not experiences that could compare to theirs. You have no idea what I know, I want to tell her. Instead I open my arms and let her lie against my shoulder and cry. "

― Sally Hepworth , The Mother-in-Law

17 " Someone once told me that you have two families in your life—the one you are born into and the one you choose. But that’s not entirely true, is it? Yes, you may get to choose your partner, but you don’t, for instance, choose your children. You don’t choose your brothers- or sisters-in-law, you don’t choose your partner’s spinster aunt with the drinking problem or cousin with the revolving door of girlfriends who don’t speak English. More importantly, you don’t choose your mother-in-law. The cackling mercenaries of fate determine it all. "

― Sally Hepworth , The Mother-in-Law

18 " We are our wisdom, our intellect, our beauty, filtered through generations, continuing to spill into the world and make a difference. "

― Sally Hepworth , The Mother-in-Law

19 " If you ask me, everyone is a little too interested in their children’s happiness. Ask anyone what they wish for their kids and they’ll all say they want them to be happy. Happy! Not empathetic contributing members of society. Not humble, wise and tolerant. Not strong in the face of adversity or grateful in the face of misfortune. I, on the other hand, have always wanted hardship for my kids. Real, honest hardship. Challenges big enough to make them empathetic and wise. "

― Sally Hepworth , The Mother-in-Law

20 " think about all my conversations with Jan and Liz and Kathy about daughters-in-law. We’d always focused on how different they are from us, how their mothering is different, their attitudes are different. We’ve never once focused on our similarities. As women. As wives. As mothers. It occurs to me suddenly that there are a lot more of them. "

― Sally Hepworth , The Mother-in-Law