Quotes About Responsibility

Of course. But how can I let her believe it's all right to do nothing in times such as these?

Loreda knew she couldn't blame her mother for Daddy abandoning them, or not entirely. That was the sad, sorry truth she'd come to after a long and sleepless night. Daddy had left them all.

It's not intentions that matter. It's actions. My drill instructor used to say that all the time. We are what we do and say, not what we intend to. I

women make choices for others, not for ourselves, and when we are mothers, we . . . bear what we must for our children. You will protect them. It will hurt you; it will hurt them. Your job is to hide that your heart is breaking and do what they need you to do.

You blame yourself when they are the ones to blame." Rose gave her a steady, reassuring look. "Remember, cara, hard times don't last. Land and family do." TWELVE In November, the first winter storm battered them from the north, leaving behind a fine layer of snow.

When you're a mom, you learn about fear. You're always afraid. Always. About everything from cupboard doors to kidnappers to weather. There is nothing that can't hurt our kids, I swear...the irony is they need us to be strong

being a doctor was a snap compared to being a single parent.

They both understood; every at-home mom in the world understood. Ultimately there were prices to be paid for the choices a woman made.

I don't know the right thing to do anymore. I want to protect Sophie and keep her safe, but what good is safety if she has to grow up in a world where people disappear without a trace because they pray to a different God? If I am arrested Ã¢â'¬Â¦

She knew now that no one could be neutral - not anymore - and as afraid as she was of risking Sophie's life, she was suddenly more afraid of letting her daughter grow up in a world where good people did nothing to stop evil, where a good woman could turn her back on a friend in need.

Believe me, Elsa, this little girl will love you as no one ever has Ã¢â'¬Â¦ and make you crazy and try your soul. Often all at the same time.

We don't need to learn about what old rich men did more than one hundred years ago. The world is falling apart now.

Words and ideas can be deadly. You be careful what you say and to whom, especially in this town.

The sound of his voice reminds me that I am a mother and mothers don't have the luxury of falling apart in front of their children, even when they are afraid, even when their children are adults.

One of the fundamental truths of psychiatry was that sometimes you had to leave a patient who needed you. She

but a good woman would accept responsibility—and blame—and apologize. Whatever else she was or wasn't, whatever her failings, she intended to be a good woman.

The first week without Jolene almost drove Michael into the ground. He'd had no idea how much there was to do around the house and with the kids.

As far as Leni could tell, adults were edgy in general, and no wonder.

It's not my fault

We have to try to save him or we are as bad as they are," she

will." "I just want to keep you safe." I smile. Americans can be

life is more than what happens to us, Elsa. We have choices to make.

most of all, she'd learned that she had to rely on herself. Certainly her father and her sister couldn't be counted on.

The modern world no longer believed in senseless tragedy. Bad things couldn't just happen to people; someone had to pay.