Family Relationships Quotes
Mom used to tell me not to worry when people didn't get me. People throw rocks at things that shine - from the mixed up files of Tilly Adam's journal
My sister and I are so close that we finish each other’s sentences and often wonder who’s memories belong to whom.
Sophie clutched Grant tighter. 'I don’t know what screwed-up messages from your family are floating around in your head right now, but you’re staying right here.
...it isn’t things and proximity, or even blood that holds us all together. What makes a family is love and loyalty.
Keep your heart wide open and you’ll be received with open hearts — not by everyone, but to be received by one open heart is more than worth the journey.
Family isn't blood, " she said bitterly, continuing to back away. "Family is who loves you, who takes care of you.
Adoption is grief in reverse.
Every family has one living patriarch or matriarch, the final arbiter and repository of ancient family history, and Nicole's Aunt Patti was the last woman standing.
No true...father would be unconcerned about discord in his family that may cause it to disintegrate in his absence...
May we all listen to what's really going on with our friends and loved ones. Listen and stand with them in their pain and their joy.
And when he died, I suddenly realized I wasn't crying for him at all, but for the things he did. I cried because he would never do them again...
Zane sighed. Jovan and Mother were just the same. “Maybe later” meant no.
No father knows that he is carrying his son up the stairs for the final time
You don't need my testimony to know God is Good. I pray u have a testimony for yourself.
Aw honey. Today's as important as forever." Grandpa Joe in "Shave and a Haircut" Flash Warden and Other Stories
But marrying within one's own family can get monotonous. One has heard all the same family stories, knows all the jokes and all the same recipes. No novelty.
She took comfort in the familiarity of his smell, knowing that if she lost all her possessions and her home, at least she would have her family.
Life was good. Everything was going right. It was almost scaring him because usually when things were going this well it was the calm before the storm hit.
Let your boys test their wings. They may not be eagles, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't soar free.
You can't do it alone. Two things joined to a third thing are joined to each other. A is united to B and C is united to B. Therefore, A and C are united.
The world doesn't owe you anything because you're in it, but you owe yourself the world because it is in you.
Miz Ellen, what do you carry in that handbag of yours that has enough wallop to knock down a full-grown man? - Dan Landry
Families can also be divided into subgroups with different values, perspectives, and and communication styles, even if a subgroup consists of only one individual.
When you get older, you think of sadness in a different way. You don't judge it so harshly.
No Matter What, When, Where or Who … He is Forever My Daddy ~ MJ
You can't experience the Father's embrace until you first embrace your earthly father's experience.
Wait. Is a real, live adult person actually asking me details about the games I play? This is unheard of.
I didn’t bring you up to speak as if your mouth were filled with sewage.
She would seize every opportunity to dive into the bathroom, in a swirl of white towels, and once in there she was as hard to dislodge as a limpet from a rock.
When Uncle W. G. held out his hand to take my money, I dropped the dead mouse in his hand.
Because deep down you know that someone needs to keep you out of trouble.
I believe in fate and I believe you were supposed to walk into my life, so Mason could walk into yours.
When you love someone, show them in words AND deeds. To hear you're loved is nice but to feel loved is incredible.
You must be committed to your children first. Otherwise, they will receive the leftovers.
It wasn’t every day that I got to see him, but when I did I knew I was on the right path and that life, while still shifting, was always improving for the better.
Family are people who never earn your respect or love but demand it nevertheless.
Everyone has a colorful life. You just have to get out your crayons.
Maybe she'd never really known her mother at all. And if you couldn't know the person whose body was your first home, then who could you ever know?
