Quotes About Family

Ik drink van de thee en denk aan mijn moeder. Hoe ze me op een keer vroeg om, als ik ooit een vrouw zou hebben, altijd lief te zijn voor die vrouw. Ze vroeg me om haar te beloven dat ik die vrouw nooit zou slaan, zelfs niet als na een tijd zou blijken dat die vrouw een kreng was. 'Ik beloof het,' zei ik tegen mijn moeder.

I am suspending my presidential campaign, because of the continued distractions, the continued hurt caused on me and my family, not because we are not fighters. Not because I'm not a fighter.

She loved her mom and dad, but sometimes they were not very helpful.

Severing all ties with the family that had been so close to his for two generations was an added satisfaction to the feeling of true achievement Rask experienced, for the first time in his life, when he took the reins of his affairs.

It was sad enough to see her father drift away, but it was crushing to find her respect for his intellectual worth vanish with him.

right to marry. That's why we came here. Len's still on appro, you see, because of a bit of bother at my home." "Bother? I see." Miss Seeton nodded. "I think perhaps you'd better tell me exactly what did happen at your home." "Well, it's my stepdad really, mum's silly, you see, and him he tried it on with Rosie, that's my sister, and like a fool I told Len, and

Because my parents, growing up, they worked hard. Everyone in my family woke up early in the morning. I used to see my mother and my father go off to work, and come back and, no matter what, they had time for the kids.

Mein Vater, sagte Georg, hat das Fahrrad zum Bahnhof mitgenommen, damit er auf dem Hinweg nicht so nahe neben mir gehen muss und auf dem Rückweg nicht an seinen Händen spürt, dass er allein nach Hause geht.

Je sais, dit Adina, les hommes avaient des femmes, les femmes avaient des enfants, les enfants avaient faim.

Yo miro a la abuela, no su cara, sino sus manos. Todos los tendones están tensos, ya no hay carne en esas manos, tan sólo huesos y piel reseca. La muerte podría inmovilizarlas en cualquier momento, pero aún se mueven cuando reza, y el rosario susurra entre ellas.

Never make a companion equal to a brother.

Bring a wife home to your house when you are of the right age, not far short of 30 years, nor much above this is the right time for marriage.

If anything, which ought not to happen, happens in your neighborhood, neighbors come as they are to help; relatives dress first.

But Jeanie had just gone through the motions. No one would have realized, except perhaps her too-perceptive son-in-law, but that was one of the few perks of maturity: you knew how to dissemble.

He had nothing against cops, per se—he had a cousin on the force in Philly, after all—but he never liked dealing with them directly

You're a tough guy, aren't you?" Tough was the biggest compliment my family offered. Nice was fine, smart was good, but tough was what we aimed for.

All I know for sure right now is that my sister gave me a small fraction of the truth." "I don't want to sound like a cynical lawyer," he said. "But I think that's all anybody ever gives anyone.

My relationship with my mom is so amazing. We never got to have that stage that people go through, like when you're 13 and you think you're too cool for your parents. When you're embarrassed by them and stuff. We never went through that because I was constantly working and she constantly had to be there.

I pop gum. My parents get so annoyed with me. I know my dad wishes he never taught me how to do that.

My mom taught me not to talk about money.

I love my mom. I totally look up to her, and she just doesn't let anybody take advantage of me. People might call that a stage mom.

So I entered parenting with only 3 clear goals: to love, to cherish, and to listen." - Melissa Ridge Carter

I shall be as tender to you as my father was not to me. For what's the point of breeding children, if each generation does not improve on who went before?

Have you ever observed that when a man gets a son he takes all the credit, and when he gets a daughter he blames his wife? And if they do not breed at all, we say it is because her womb is barren. We do not say it is because his seed is bad.