Mum Quotes - Page 5

• My mum used to say to me, 'you can't have
  fun all the time,' and I used to say, 'why not?'.
  Why... can't I have fun all the time?

  Kate Moss

  Fun, Why Not, Used

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• Hagrid howled still more loudly. Harry and Hermione looked at Ron to help them. 'Er-shall I make a cup of tea?' said Ron. Harry stared at him. 'It's what my mum does whenever someone's upset,' Ron muttered, shrugging.

  J. K. Rowling

  Upset, Tea, Doe

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• Hannah, do you think that your mum and dad and Tate's mum and dad and my mum and dad and Webb and Tate are all together someplace?' she asks earnestly. I look at Hannah, waiting for the answer. And then she smiles. Webb once said that a Narnie smile was a revelation and, at this moment, I need a revelation. And I get one. 'I wonder,' Hannah says.

  Melina Marchetta

  Dad, Thinking, Waiting

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• I told you I try not to live in the past and nothing could change the fact that my mum was gone. But I’m a liar. The truth was, I’d had one dream ever since I was six: to see my mum again. To actually get to know her, talk to her, go shopping, do anything. Just be with her once so I could have a better memory to hold on to.

  Rick Riordan

  Dream, Memories, Liars

  Rick Riordan (2010). “The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles Book 1): The Red Pyramid”, p.85, Penguin UK

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• They teach you how to handle life in England, but they don’t teach you a thing about death. There’s no book telling you what to do when your mum or dad dies.

  Ozzy Osbourne

  Dad, Book, England

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• I´d read fantasy if they had simple names like Jane and Bob from Wagga," I say. "Why does it have to be Tehrana and Bihaad from the World of Sceehina?" Jimmy looks at my mother and rolls his eyes. "No wonder they call her bimbo behind her back." And my mum laughs. And because of that, Mark Viduka, the soccer player, stops being my brothers hero, and Luca and Pinocchio run after Jimmy like he´s their idol.

  Melina Marchetta

  Soccer, Mother, Running

  Melina Marchetta (2007). “Saving Francesca”, p.143, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Watching TV mum said," Do you miss your dad?" And I said," Who?

  Louise Rennison

  Dad, Missing, Watching Tv

  Louise Rennison (2013). “The Complete Fab Confessions of Georgia Nicolson:”, p.69, HarperCollins UK

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• Because my mum and dad brought me up to believe that people are different but equal. And that I should treat everyone, no matter who, with the same respect I'd like to be shown.

  Malorie Blackman

  Dad, Believe, People

  Malorie Blackman (2007). “Knife Edge”, p.124, Simon and Schuster

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• Mum once told Dad that vices are only vices when looked at through the frame of society.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Dad, Vices

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• Wanna rock you, girl, with a butterfly tunic. / No, I'm not gay, I'm just your emo enuch. / Gonna smile real shy, won't cop a feel, / 'cause I'm your virgin crush, your supersafe deal. / Let those other guys keep sexing. / You and me, we be texting / 'bout unicorns and rainbows and our perfect love. / Girl, we fit together like a hand in a glove. / Now I don't mean that nasty, tell your mum don't get mad. / I even wrote 'You're awesome' on your maxi pads.

  Libba Bray

  Girl, Crush, Emo

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• No, no, no, no,no,' he gasped. 'You can't bring up your mum and dad while your hand is down there, Finke

  Melina Marchetta

  Dad, Hands, Your Mum

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• Becky! Love!" Mum has pushed her way through her dancing guests to reach me. "What's wrong? Has labor started?" Honestly. My family has no idea about contemporary urban street dance trends.

  Sophie Kinsella

  Ideas, Dancing, Guests

  Sophie Kinsella (2007). “Shopaholic & Baby”, Random House LLC

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• Thanks,” I say, and Finn looks uncomfortable. Mum used to say he was like a faerie; he didn't like to be thanked. I add, “Sorry.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Sorry, Add, Looks

  Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “The Scorpio Races”, p.39, Scholastic UK

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• Mum said, "It is the thought that counts." And I said, "I know, which is why I am ringing the authorities right now. Anyone who thinks like she does should be locked up out of harm's way.

  Louise Rennison

  Thinking, Doe, Way

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• Mum liked to say that some things happen for a reason, that sometimes obstacles were there to stop you from doing something stupid.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Stupid, Obstacles, Sometimes

  Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “The Scorpio Races”, p.51, Scholastic UK

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• My mum and I have an incredible friendship now after a mixture of pain, honesty, unconditional love and a long break from each other

  Pink

  Honesty, Pain, Unconditional Love

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• I don't think my mum ever understood my love of Doctor Who. Surely her strongest memory would have been me, standing at the top of the stairs, crying about how the "jelly men" were going to get me? Sorry, Mum, for those sleepless nights, but it was with good reason they called it Terror of the Zygons.

  Steve Berry

  Sorry, Memories, Night

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• I think Mum's got a second cousin who's an accountant, but we never talk about him.

  J. K. Rowling

  Cousin, Thinking, Accountants

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• And what about you? You must be some kind of beardless dwarf?...You mean to say, that you're a daughter of Eve?...Y-yes, but, you are in fact... human?

  C. S. Lewis

  Girl, Daughter, Mean

  "Fictional characters: Mr. Tumnus, the Faun; Lucy Pevensie". "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", www.imdb.com. 2005.

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• The motivation of all artists is 'Look at me, Mum'.

  Sebastian Horsley

  Inspirational, Motivation, Artist

  Sebastian Horsley (2016). “Dandy in the Underworld”, p.292, Hachette UK

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• Oh God. valentine's Day tomorrow. Why? Why? Why is (the) entire world geared to make people not involved in romance feel stupid when everyone knows romance does not work anyway. Look at (the) royal family. Look at Mum and Dad.

  Helen Fielding

  Dad, Stupid, Valentine

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• Coffee?" Santangelo calls down to us. We both look up. He,Ben, and Raffy are hanging over the side. "Is it espresso?" Anson Choi asks behind us. "Freshly percolated," Ben answers. "You should see the gadgets they have up here." Anson Choi aims a begging look at Griggs. "You want to sell out over a coffee?" Griggs asks him with disgust. "They've got muffins as well," I tell them. "Double chocolate chip. His mum made them." Griggs gets up and holds out a hand to me. "Truce.

  Melina Marchetta

  Coffee, Hands, Espresso

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• And being that happy makes me feel guilty. Because I shouldn't be. Not while my mum is feeling the way she is. How I can dare to be happy is beyond me, and I hate my guts for it.

  Melina Marchetta

  Hate, Feelings, Way

  Melina Marchetta (2007). “Saving Francesca”, p.92, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Dory is what Mum used to call a "strong-looking woman," which means that, from the back, she looked like a man, and, from the front, you preferred the back

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Strong, Mean, Men

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• Mother used to say escape is never further than the nearest book. Well, Mumsy, no, not really. Your beloved large-print sagas of rags, riches, and heartbreak were no camouflage against the miseries trained on you by the tennis ball launcher of life, were they? But, yes, Mum, there again, you have a point. Books don’t offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.

  David Mitchell

  Mother, Real, Book

  David Mitchell (2008). “Cloud Atlas: A Novel”, p.357, Random House

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