Yusra Amjad

“Mothers, I believe, intoxicate us. We idolize them and take them for granted. We hate them and blame them and exalt them more thoroughly than anyone else in our lives. We sift through the evidence of their love, reassure ourselves of their affection and its biological genesis. We can steal and lie and leave and they will love us.”
― Megan Mayhew Bergman, Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories

“I always wondered why God was supposed to be a father," she whispers. Fathers always want you to measure up to something. Mothers are the ones who love you unconditionally, don't you think?”
― Jodi Picoult

“I think all mothers are alike, regardless of cultural background, when it comes to illogical cleaning.”
― Neal Shusterman, Antsy Does Time

“Our fathers were demons,' Catarina said. 'Our mothers were heroes.”
― cassandra clare, What Really Happened in Peru