"My Mother: She is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her."
- Jodi Picoult
Love
"The best place to cry is on a mother’s arms."
- Jodi Picoult
Love
"You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love in spite of the fact that they're not."
- Jodi Picoult
Love
"You don't love someone because they're perfect. You love them in spite of the fact that they're not."
- Jodi Picoult
Love
"I close my eyes, thinking that there is nothing like an embrace after an absence, nothing like fitting my face into the curve of his shoulder and filling my lungs with the scent of him."
- Jodi Picoult
Love
"Don’t stop when you’re tired. Stop when you’re done."
- Unknown
Perseverance
"He that can have patience can have what he will."
- Benjamin Franklin
Perseverance
"You just can’t beat the person who never gives up."
- Babe Ruth
Perseverance
"What I've learned from running is that the time to push hard is when you're hurting like crazy and you want to give up. … Success is often just around the corner."
- James Dyson
Perseverance
"Never give up because great things take time."
- Adrian Williams
Perseverance