Quotes About Family

Me sentía como mi hermana cuando dio a luz a Thomas. «Es como si mirara por un embudo», me dijo. «El mundo se ha encogido y solo somos él y yo».

It's like I'm looking through a funnel, she had said, gazing at his newborn form. The world has just shrunk to me and him.

Louisa Clark had become, although neither of us said it, our only chance of keeping him alive.

Had he actually possessed the ability simply to airbrush an entire daughter out of his conscience?

I ache, I rattle with supplements, and my grandchildren cannot believe I have ever been anything but prehistoric.

felt an almost umbilical pull toward home, the comfort offered by a conventional family and a traditional Sunday lunch.

There had been only him, for me. I could see that very clearly. And, besides, I had Esmé.' Her smile broadens. 'A child really is a wonderful consolation.

Because even if the whole world was throwing rocks at you, if you had your mother at your back, you'd be okay.

The sights and sounds of home.

It was only when I followed Dad into our house and saw the empty chair that I was able to convince myself it was true. I would never see him again, never feel that curved old back under my fingertips as I hugged him, never again make him a cup of tea or interpret his silent words or joke with him about cheating at Sudoku.

This is the story of a family who didn't fit in. A little girl who was a bit geeky and liked maths more than makeup. And a boy who liked makeup and didn't fit into any tribes.

I tuned out, and watched the other people in the pub, wondering about their lives. Each of them would have huge events in their own families—babies loved and lost, dark secrets, great joys and tragedies. If they could put it into perspective, if they could just enjoy a sunny evening in a pub garden, then surely I should too. And

She gave me another hard look, the kind that can only travel from mother to daughter

We had thought it a little odd, but what did we know? Lou has been peculiar since birth, after all. Mum

I rang my parents and told them that I would stay over. My mother sounded relieved. When I told her I was going to get paid for sleeping over, she sounded overjoyed. "Did you hear that, Bernard?" she said, her hand half over the phone. "They're paying her to sleep now." I could hear my father's exclamation. "Praise the Lord. She's found her dream career.

you were only as happy as your unhappiest child?

I looked at Will and I saw the baby I held in my arms, dewily besotted, unable to believe that I had created another human being. I saw the toddler, reaching for my hand, the schoolboy weeping tears of fury after being bullied by some other child. I saw the vulnerabilities, the love, the history.

Because even if the whole world was throwing rocks at you, if you still had your mother or father at your back, you'd be okay.

It's crap, divorce,' he says. 'We tell ourselves the kids are fine, that it's better this way than two unhappy people shouting at each other, but we never dare ask them the truth.' 'The truth?' 'What they want. Because we know the answer. And it would break our hearts.

Um, Jess?" "Not now, Nicky." The police car was pulling over, too. Tanzie's palms had begun to sweat. *It will all be fine.* "I guess this isn't the time to tell you I brought my stash with me.

Precisava dar ao meu filho um lugar para onde olhar. Precisava dizer a ele, silenciosamente, que as coisas poderiam mudar, crescer ou fenecer, mas que a vida continuaria. Que todos nós éramos parte de um grande ciclo, algum tipo de arranjo cuja finalidade só Deus poderia entender. Jojo Moyes - Como eu era antes de você

But we're terribly proud of you, you know.' 'For what?' she says, blowing her nose. 'I failed, Dad. Most people think I shouldn't have even tried.' Her father pulls her to him. He smells of red wine and a part of her life that seems a million years ago. 'Just for carrying on, really. Sometimes, my darling girl, that's heroic in itself.

Porque, aunque todo el mundo te tire piedras, si tu madre te respalda, estás bien.

Ed,' his sister grabbed at his arm, 'the truth has no place in a courtroom.