Somebody's Daughter Quotes

“Bad things happen to good people, Zoe. It doesn’t mean you’re bad. It means the universe found a warrior in you. It chose carefully. It’s up to you how to move forward. You can choose to be the victim, or you can choose to be the warrior.”
― Rochelle B. Weinstein, Somebody's Daughter

“No matter how hard you try, no matter the level of wishful thinking, there are some things that are beyond our control.”
― Rochelle B. Weinstein, Somebody's Daughter

“mother’s job is to teach her children not to need her anymore. The hardest part of that job is accepting success”
― Rochelle B. Weinstein, Somebody's Daughter

“Emma dear, a mother’s job is to teach her children not to need her anymore. The hardest part of that job is accepting success.”
― Rochelle B. Weinstein, Somebody's Daughter

“Our children carry magical parts of us inside them. The parts are magical because we don’t always know they’re there. Then one day their magic breaks through and captures us, changes us, makes us see everything in a different light.”
― Rochelle B. Weinstein, Somebody's Daughter

“Family doesn’t abandon each other at tough times. Families don’t pick and choose the parts to love. Families fight for each other no matter what tries to break them apart.”
― Rochelle B. Weinstein, Somebody's Daughter

“I’ll worry, I’ll wonder, but I’ll do my best to give them my best. And I’ll never ever give up. Because I’m their mom. And that’s what we do.”
― Rochelle B. Weinstein, Somebody's Daughter

“Those are parts of you, Zoe. The good and the bad. They’re there to teach you something.” I smile. “Don’t ever wish them away.”
― Rochelle B. Weinstein, Somebody's Daughter

“This is a memory I’d like to scatter, like we used to do when we’d blow on dandelions. You know what I’m talking about? Some of the pieces stick to the flower, and the others disappear into the air. I’m not sure I’d want to keep them all.”
― Rochelle B. Weinstein, Somebody's Daughter

“Let me tell you what love means. It means we’re all profoundly human. That we make mistakes, and we accept each other’s faults. It means we value each other more than our pride.”
― Rochelle B. Weinstein, Somebody's Daughter

“Our family?” I stab back. “This isn’t a family. When was the last time we were a family, and I don’t mean in a glammed-up, phony interview? Family doesn’t abandon each other at tough times. Families don’t pick and choose the parts to love. Families fight for each other no matter what tries to break them apart.”
― Rochelle B. Weinstein, Somebody's Daughter

“Where the only criticism that is worse than the one coming from those around you is the one that comes from within. Nothing is louder than that voice. It wrecks perceptions and clouds judgment. When it says you are bad, you believe it.”
― Rochelle B. Weinstein, Somebody's Daughter

“Being Zoe’s mom means my heart lives outside my body, and though I try, I can’t always keep it safe. I thought all the love I had for her would turn this horrid interruption in our lives around, but now I’m not so sure my love is enough.”
― Rochelle B. Weinstein, Somebody's Daughter

“I never fully realized what being a mom meant. I knew you felt what your child felt, deeply, but I never ever thought it would hurt this much . . . to be unable to protect them . . . to take away their pain.”
― Rochelle B. Weinstein, Somebody's Daughter

“The grief devours me. It’s been tangled up inside, protecting me, but at the same time, inflicting more damage.”
― Rochelle B. Weinstein, Somebody's Daughter

“I’ve always been told that when it came to matters of relationships, you keep your private issues private. Trust no one.”
― Rochelle B. Weinstein, Somebody's Daughter

“No. No. No.” My vehemence surprises her, but I continue. “You’re my child. I love you. With all my heart. And sometimes that love levels us. It hurts. We get disappointed. Let down. But we never give up on our kids. Ever. Do I want to make it go away? Yes. More than anything.”
― Rochelle B. Weinstein, Somebody's Daughter

“I don’t care who hears. The pain pours out of me. It’s old stuff. It’s new. It’s everything I thought I was doing right for my girls turned into the wrong. I desperately want to help Zoe, but I don’t know how. I feel like a failure. A fraud. I crumple into the cushions, grab the chenille throw, and hide my face in its fabric.”
― Rochelle B. Weinstein, Somebody's Daughter

“So much for doing everything right. What did it matter, when my daughter spits back at me about the alcohol she drank and tells me it’s no big deal to do things with a boy she doesn’t really know?”
― Rochelle B. Weinstein, Somebody's Daughter

“a mother’s job is to teach her children not to need her anymore. The hardest part of that job is accepting success.”
― Rochelle B. Weinstein, Somebody's Daughter

“It means we’re all profoundly human. That we make mistakes, and we accept each other’s faults. It means we value each other more than our pride.”
― Rochelle B. Weinstein, Somebody's Daughter

“You do this. You judge. It hurts people.”
― Rochelle B. Weinstein, Somebody's Daughter

“The Internet is like Pandora’s box. Once you let something out and online, it’s virtually impossible to put it back in.”
― Rochelle B. Weinstein, Somebody's Daughter

“The days are long, but the years are short.” The words are so truthful I might cry.”
― Rochelle B. Weinstein, Somebody's Daughter

“My eyes press shut, and a chill nips at my skin. Either a cold front is moving in, or it’s what happens to an insulated world when holes poke through.”
― Rochelle B. Weinstein, Somebody's Daughter

“soul bound to be forever altered.”
― Rochelle B. Weinstein, Somebody's Daughter