Cortney

“That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable.”
― Deb Caletti

“Family is a life jacket in the stormy sea of life.”
― J. K. Rowling, ハリー・ポッターとアズカバンの囚人 [Harry Potter to Azkaban no Shūjin]

“Adopted.
Big Deal; so was Superman”
― Chris Crutcher, Whale Talk

“Was it the act of giving birth that made you a mother? Did you lose that label when you relinquished your child? If people were measured by their deeds, on the one hand, I had a woman who had chosen to give me up; on the other, I had a woman who'd sat up with me at night when I was sick as a child, who'd cried with me over boyfriends, who'd clapped fiercely at my law school graduation. Which acts made you more of a mother?

Both, I realized. Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life.”
― Jodi Picoult, Handle with Care