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Quotes About Family

I was thinking that when I have children, that I should always dress as a character for them, so they think their mom is Alice in Wonderland or Cinderella.
~ Gwen Stefani
My mom and dad met at Anaheim High School. After they got married, all they wanted to do was have four children, and they did.
~ Gwen Stefani
At a certain point I'm going to want to have a family.
~ Gwen Stefani
My mom always said I was the peacemaker in the family. My older brother, Eric, was the leader, the creative one. I was just his puppet.
~ Gwen Stefani
Finding that balance between work and family is the hardest thing I've ever done - by far.
~ Gwen Stefani
My father died of the same thing that Edwyn had suffered... Was I too stupid--I couldn't be--to take a lesson from that? Could I trust myself? Not to make my life a lair.
~ Gwendoline Riley
Already I am no longer looked at with lechery or love. My daughters and sons have put me away with marbles and dolls, Are gone from the house. My husband and lovers are pleasant or somewhat polite And night is night.
~ Gwendolyn Brooks
The first night, a rock, big as two fists. The second, a rock big as three. But nary a curse cursed Rudolph Reed. (Though oaken as man could be.) The third night, a silvery ring of glass. Patience arched to endure, But he looked, and lo! small Mabel's blood Was staining her gaze so pure.
~ Gwendolyn Brooks
Nary a grin grinned Rudolph Reed, Nary a curse cursed he, But moved in his House. With his dark little wife, And his dark little children three.
~ Gwendolyn Brooks
Rudolph Reed was oaken. His wife was oaken too. And his two good girls and his good little man Oakened as they grew.
~ Gwendolyn Brooks
Maud went to college.Sadie stayed at home.Sadie scraped lifeWith a fine-tooth comb.
~ Gwendolyn Brooks
Since a man must bring To music what his mother spanked him for When he was two: bits of forgotten hate, Devotion: whether or not his mattress hurts: The little dream his father humored: the thing His sister did for money: what he ate For breakfast—and for dinner twenty years Ago last autumn: all his skipped desserts.
~ Gwendolyn Brooks
Her creamy child kissed by the black maid! square on the mouth! World yelled, world writhed, world turned to light and rolled Into her kitchen, nearly knocked her down.
~ Gwendolyn Brooks
I love film. After a yummy meal for the whole family and some truly great friends, we often go out to see something beautiful and unique.
~ Gwyneth Paltrow
My life comes down to three moments: the death of my father, meeting my husband, and the birth of my daughter. Everything I did previous to that just doesn't seem to add up to very much.
~ Gwyneth Paltrow
El?ttem van az apám – mondta. – Elmélyülten, élvezettel tudta lemetélni a körmeit a lábáról, aztán mégis meghalt. – Ez hogy jön ide? – kérdezte Aszperger idegesen. – Nem tudom – felelte Fiszer. – De nem tébolyító? Az embernek csak n?, csak n? a körme, és nem tehet róla!
~ György Spiró
One day the "Good Morning Everyone" team announces that the government of the Dominican Republic has offered to bring all thirty-three miners and their families to a relaxing resort in that Caribbean island nation.
~ Hector Tobar
Before he loved you, I suffered alongside him Ã¢â'¬Â¦ I was his son before he even met you Ã¢â'¬Â¦ Don't we need to be taken care of, too? "With all that money, the chicken coop [of relatives] gets all mixed up and the family gets warped," Jessica says.
~ Hector Tobar
bond [cariño], a brotherhood
~ Hector Tobar
Father, dear father, come home with me now,The clock in the belfry strikes one;You said you were coming right home from the shopAs soon as your day's work was done.
~ H. C. Work
Always kiss your children goodnight — even if they're already asleep.
~ H. Jackson Brown
Tape record your parents' laughter
~ H. Jackson Brown Jr.
Understand that happiness is not based on possessions, power, or prestige, but on relationships with people you love and respect.
~ H. Jackson Brown Jr.
When tempted to criticize your parents, spouse, or children, bite your tongue.
~ H. Jackson Brown Jr.