Stepmother Quotes

“Dad,
Please accept this money to fix the broken window. I’m sure it’s already fixed, considering Lydia’s house pride and her phobia about unconditioned air, but

Dear Al,
I can’t begin to explain my actions at Lydia’s – I mean yours and Lydia’s house. When I get to Charleston, I never imagined that you would have

Dear Dad and Lydia,
I apologize to both of you for my irrational behavior. I know it’s all my fault, but if you would have listened to ONE THING I had to say, I might not have

Dear Dad’s new family,
I hope you’ll all be very happy being blond together. May people speak only in inside voices for the rest of your lives.
P.S. Lydia, you wedding dress makes your arms look fat.”
― Ann Brashares, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

“Stepparenting is like working at a late-night convenience store — all of the responsibility and none of the authority.”
― Valerie J Lewis Coleman, Blended Families An Anthology

“Trying to make someone love you is like trying to climb uphill during an avalanche.”
― Valerie J Lewis Coleman, Blended Families An Anthology

“External influences create internal chaos.”
― Valerie J Lewis Coleman, Blended Families An Anthology

“You're not by any chance my stepmother are you?" Min said to her mother's reflection. "Because that would explain so much.”
― Jennifer Crusie, Bet Me

“Perhaps I am a dark, unpleasant creature. But I am my own creature. I am mine, my feet on the earth and the water in my soul and fire in my heart. And when all is taken from me I will still have my anger and my pain and they will feed me.”
― Deirdre Sullivan, Savage Her Reply

“I tried to make my husband make his daughter like me. After ten years of failed attempts, I decided to make myself change.”
― Valerie J Lewis Coleman, Blended Families An Anthology

“It's funny. I thought she'd live through anything."
Charlie said, "Me too. I figured even if there was a nuclear war, it would still leave radioactive cockroaches and your mum.”
― Neil Gaiman, Anansi Boys

“As if on cue, Fiona appeared in another of the ballroom's multiple doorways. 'Beatrice! Oliver! How many times have I told you no skating in the house? I just had these floors refinished.'
'So that's why it's extra slippery today,' mused Oliver. 'Cool.”
― Jennifer Sturman, And Then Everything Unraveled

“Your mother wouldn't describe a combination of Brad Pitt, Bill Gates, and Prince William as 'quite a catch.' There is nobody walking the earth good enough to be her son-in-law.”
― Neil Gaiman, Anansi Boys

“I fell in love with you first,' Cecily always said to Esther. 'Your father was a bonus.”
― Emma Törzs, Ink Blood Sister Scribe

“I had a weapon with me, but--- I lost it."
For the briefest of moments, she looked confused. I cannot say for certain--- my memory of these moments is poor, and also, I have never been skilled at reading others. But I am, of course, an expert in the ways of the Folk. And whatever else she might be, the woman before me was inarguably Folk.
"What was it?" she said.
"A horn," I replied. "The horn of a faun."
She did not move, though something in her face relaxed. "That would have been a fearsome weapon indeed, for one brave enough to wield it. Pity."
I nodded. "Fortunately, I had made a little powder from the tip, which I had in my pocket before you came in."
It was not my imagination--- the queen was visibly tired, exhausted even. It had come on quickly. She seemed to make an effort to focus on me.
And then I saw the moment she understood.
Her hand clenched around the fine tablecloth. "You---"
"Yes," I said. "I put it in the wine. At least, I'm fairly certain I did--- you'll have to excuse me, but Faerie does not agree with my memory. Of course, I did not know you would come here to taunt me--- but I thought it a possibility. I suppose you were right: the capacity for forethought is an advantage we mortals have over the Folk.”
― Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands

“I may not be a miller's daughter, but you are not so different from the Folk as you think, Your Highness." I lifted her wineglass and dashed the remainder against her face, spilling it across her mouth and into her eyes.”
― Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands

“No, it's restorative justice. You are a stepmother, not the Department of Sanitation in pearls.”
― Veronica Fishbane, Dear Evil Stepmother: A Wicked Little Handbook for the Women Fairy Tales Got Dead Wrong

“I want to say this to every stepmother: take it a little easier, try not to be so insistent, try not to have your desires dominate—and not just with the stepchildren, but with your husband, your family, your friends. The moment you step back from whatever it is that exasperates you, you get an unrestricted view of the situation—and you can take a breath before you move forward.”
― Margit Eva Bernard, STEP BACK: A Stepmother's Handbook

“This is fine literature! My grandchildren are very excited to read these stories.”
― Anonymous

“I think your stepmother Cora is a double-faced bitch if ever I knew one. Sorry, Ellie, perhaps I oughtn't to say that.”
― Agatha Christie, Endless Night

“A stepmother has pipe dreams that someday one of her step-grandchildren will be named after her”
― Penny Humphrey, Stepmothers Try Harder

“We thought the place was haunted, and in fact my least favorite of Daddy’s wives, Jennifer Lee, once told me that the whole house was haunted, and that an entire family had been murdered in that very basement. I later learned she was just trying to frighten us off, because she didn’t like having us kids around, probably because we reminded her that Daddy had been with other women (and he may have liked them better than he liked her).”
― Rain Pryor, Jokes My Father Never Taught Me: Life, Love, and Loss with Richard Pryor