Mazie Hirono Quotes

What he didn’t understand was that disappointment would never destroy our mother. She had a heart of fire, and would always pick herself up and try something else, seek another way forward.

Years later, I would realize that my mother had offered us a critical lesson that evening. She had shown her children that sometimes you just have to stand up, say your piece, and refuse to be oppressed.

This is how it has always been between us, the two of us very different and yet so connected. Even now, with each new card I make, I imagine sharing it with my mother, and resting for a moment in the surpassing love that all my life has animated her gaze. This is for you, I will think but not say to the woman who already knows my reasons.