Quotes About Legacy

you know no one wanted to see the old boy go. I bet where ever he is, the fishing's good" "Given his surely behavior, the fish might be fried where he is,

Good Lord," Maureen interrupted him. "What did your father and I do to turn you boys off marriage?" she asked, half pleading, half annoyed. "I thought we had a good marriage, your da and me. He was so wonderful to me. I tried to take good care of him and you boys! It makes me wonder where we failed that the lot of you are terrified of marriage." "It

I recognize the classic story elements from my own life. A family legacy of alcoholism. A parent who was a chronic drunk, another parent who was a chronic enabler. Hitting that awkward, anxious phase of high school, not knowing who I was or where I belonged—and consequently tossing back a beer at that party, or stealing a shot of my parents' liquor before boarding the school bus. That magical melting feeling that immediately followed. That sense of almost primal recognition.

Jeremy was the spitting image of his father, Joe Strand, while Bianca was a miniature Luke.

È facile saper vivere. Grande saper morire. It is easy to know how to live. Heroic to know how to die. —Arrigo Paladini

Parents exist in children," Grandmother said to bolster my confidence. "Your mother will always exist in you. She will give you strength wherever you go.

The problem with living so long is that you see too many people pass before you.

I have a whole life to tell; I have nothing left to lose and few to offend.

You have special abilities," she goes on. "I don't mean you are a witch or a fox spirit. And you've never seemed drawn to the special gift of healing or magic. Rather, you are like A-ma Mata, who gave birth to the Akha people, who pushed against her restraints, who said, 'No, I will not accept my bad fate,' and who endured against all odds with her intelligence, compassion, and perseverance. All that comes from this grove. And the mother tree." A-ma

Parents exist in children,' Grandmother said to bolster my confidence. 'Your mother will always exist in you. She will give you strength wherever you go.

My mother had died in the sea, but we could never forget that it gave us life.

Hyacinth bean and papayas, long vines, deep roots. Palm trees outside the garden walls, with deep roots, stand a thousand years.

Your mother will always exist in you. She will give you strength wherever you go.

When they die, they keep loving. If love ends when a person dies, that is not real love.

After bracken is picked nine times, it will sprout again. The saying Fall down eight times, stand up nine reminds us of this and symbolizes the wish for the dead to pave the way for future generations

For all the women in my family, for all the lives they've lived

This is how things were: heavyhearted, but done in the traditional manner. THE

Raising a girl and marrying her off is like building a fancy road for others to use.

It's just that all those who had real value and honor in our family were women. For too long our daughters have been pushed aside. I thought that might change with you.

This will come when I can no longer bring children into the world—

Any daughter-in-law who lets the real truth of her life become public brings shame to both her natal and husband's families, which, as you know, is why I have waited until they were all dead to write my story.

For my parents, Joe and Virginia Miscione We never understand what it means to be a parent until we are parents ourselves. I love you, Mom and Dad. Thanks for everything … then and now.

We're dead far longer than we're alive. Why not celebrate? Why not tell ourselves a story about what comes next?

If life is a loom, the pattern you weave is not so easily unraveled.