Quotes About Family

My father had never watched tennis, never liked tennis too much. He said, 'OK, we buy a racket, we watch together ' because we didn't know anything. It was a process of learning together that made it more interesting.

It's interesting that I had such a close relationship with my grandfather. Because your parents always judge you: they say, 'You shouldn't do this, you shouldn't do that.' But with your grandparents you have a feeling that you can say anything or you can do anything, and they will support you. That's why you have this kind of connection.

Only as far as a man is happily married to himself is he fit for married life and family life in general.

Sassafras had never wanted to weave, she just couldn't help it. There was something about the feel of raw fleece and finished threads and dainty patterned pieces that was as essential to her as dancing to Carmen De Lavallade, or singing to Aretha Franklin. Her mama had done it, and her mama before that; and making cloth was the only tradition Sassafras inherited that gave her a sense of womanhood that was rich and sensuous, not tired and stingy.

They're fathers second, Jimmy said. They're men first.

The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.

Marriage ceremony: an incredible metaphysical sham of watching God and the law being dragged into the affairs of your family.

Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows of words when a man's starving!

There is one day that is ours. There is one day when all we Americans who are not self-made go back to the old home to eat saleratus biscuits and marvel how much nearer to the porch the old pump looks than it used to. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.

I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.

Cussing your daddy when he is crippled so he can't beat your teeth down your throat for it. Well, it is sire and dam in a man like a horse, and no way to get yourself a boy without there is half woman in him.

?nsan?n babas? hayatta bir kere ölür.

?yi, iyi; bunlar?n hepsini Hüsamettin Albay?ma söylerim. Mezar ta??ma yazd?ramam ya bu kadar ?eyi. Söyle evlad?m, diye teselli ederdi annem beni.Söyle de içine hicran olmas?n.Hicran oldu anne.

Annem, benim ölümden korktu?umu bilirdi; bunu bildi?i halde gene de ölmü?tü.

Religion kept some of my relatives alive, because it was all they had. If they hadn't had some hope of heaven, some companionship in Jesus, they probably would have committed suicide, their lives were so hellish.

I wouldn't want to give up being what I am," I said. "I … I want to be ooloi. I really want it. And I wish I didn't. How can I want to cause the family so much trouble?" "You want to be what you are. That's healthy and right for you. What we do about it is our decision, our responsibility. Not yours." I

Daddy's the only man I know," he said softly, "who cares as much about giving his word to a black as to a white.

Do you think our world is coming to an end?" Dad asked, and with no warning at all, I almost started crying. I had all I could do to hold it back. What I thought was, "No, I think your world is coming to an end, and maybe you with it.

Lilith's ability had run in her family, although neither she nor her ancestors had been able to control it. It had either lain dormant in them or come to life in insane, haphazard fashion and caused the growth of useless new tissue. New tissue gone obscenely wrong. Humans called this condition cancer. To them, it was a hated disease. To the Oankali, it was treasure. It was beauty beyond Human comprehension.

My memory of my aunt and uncle told me that even people who loved me could demand more of me than I could give—and expect their demands to be met simply because I owed them.

The Dunns must of felt this when Tracy vanished. Crazy as they are, crazy as she was, they must

In spite of your loss and pain, you aren't alone. You still have people who care about you and want you to be all right. You still have family.

My point is—my question is—how in the world can anyone get married and make babies with things the way they are now?

Dad tries to shield us from what goes on in the world, but he can't. Knowing that, he also tries to teach us to shield ourselves.