We Were Mothers Quotes

“Who could ever manage a man’s feelings and raise children at the same time?”
― Katie Sise, We Were Mothers

“Wasn’t that what mothers were there for? You could rail against them, you could blame them, and you could hate them, but you still needed their love the way you needed water.”
― Katie Sise, We Were Mothers

“She even found herself wanting to say mean things, and she purposely tried never to do that. It was unbecoming for a grown woman to behave like a cruel Queen Bee.”
― Katie Sise, We Were Mothers

“You see things so black and white, but there’s gray everywhere, Cora,”
― Katie Sise, We Were Mothers

“but at least he wasn’t complicated. Who could ever manage a man’s feelings and raise children at the same time?”
― Katie Sise, We Were Mothers

“Thank you to Liz Davis, counselor advocate at Women’s Support Services in Sharon, Connecticut, who patiently answered my questions about sexual violence and about the varied nature of violence within relationships and marriages. She is reachable to any victim of violence at 860-634-1900.”
― Katie Sise, We Were Mothers

“Mothers took their children's behavior so personally, and Sarah thought it was a waste of energy, because when you were a mother you had zero control, and having a child was a tremendous act of optimism bordering on magical thinking.”
― Katie Sise, We Were Mothers

“The power of her body to make men feel a certain way made her high, but it was nearly canceled out by an intense vulnerability that descended moments later.”
― Katie Sise, We Were Mothers

“with”
― Katie Sise, We Were Mothers

“Grace under pressure,”
― Katie Sise, We Were Mothers

“After Maggie died, I started sleeping with him, and at first it wasn’t meaningful, it was just a trick to try to forget about her and make everything hurt less, but then it all got so incredibly convoluted.”
― Katie Sise, We Were Mothers

“I’m here because something is wrong in my marriage, and I don’t know how to fix it, but I think a part of it is that I can’t let go of my past. There’s this memory that runs through my head all the time—and I thought maybe hypnotherapy could help me move past it . . .” She cleared her throat. “I guess I’m not sure what’s wrong with me, and maybe that’s why I’m here.”
― Katie Sise, We Were Mothers

“They always had sex, no matter how tired they were, because they were young and in love, but also because sex was a way to turn off their brains and use their bodies.”
― Katie Sise, We Were Mothers

“expected him to cry; but she absolutely would have taken him back. And that’s the scenario she had been thinking about the night of Cora and Sam’s party, when she slipped into a cocktail dress and greeted her guests. That’s what she was imagining for nearly the entire evening, right up until the moment she found out Maggie”
― Katie Sise, We Were Mothers

“Dash had stared at her like she couldn’t possibly be as bright as he’d once thought”
― Katie Sise, We Were Mothers

“Mom-friends: because they weren’t purely friends, except for Jade, of course. They were women Cora wouldn’t have befriended if their children weren’t in each other’s orbits, and Sarah understood perfectly. She used to have plenty of mom-friends.”
― Katie Sise, We Were Mothers

“that what mothers were there for? You could rail against them, you could blame them, and you could hate them, but you still needed their love the way you needed water.”
― Katie Sise, We Were Mothers

“outside New York City. We Were”
― Katie Sise, We Were Mothers

“PC”
― Katie Sise, We Were Mothers