Quotes About Family

The world was large, so large. Bigger than it had been before. Family, too, a bigger word. That felt like a good thing. An essential thing. There was power in numbers.

I know parental embarrassment usually stops somewhere at fifteen, but he just kept on giving me good reasons.

She'd be one of those parents who left a kid behind at a rest stop, driving for miles before she noticed. We'd hear about her on the evening news.

I always seemed to forget that needing your mother and getting what you needed from your mother were separate but neighboring planets.

One thing you can say about daughters and mothers—like it or not, they know the truth about each other.

Here is what happens when your mother worries: You become secretly worried. Anxiety plays in your background like bad grocery store music. You pace and count stuff and wake at night, your heart beating too fast. You pretend to be brave, and do stuff to prove you're not a scared person like she is.

I confess I had a Child of Divorce Reunion Fantasy Number One Thousand, where I for a moment imagined my father finding out that Dino really was a killer woman and that my parents would have to get back together. I saw them running through a meadow, hand in hand. Okay, maybe not a meadow. But I saw me having only one Christmas and one phone number and only my father's shaved bristles in the bathroom sink.

we learned about power and powerlessness from our mothers and fathers first, right? And they learned from their mothers and fathers, and so on and so on? Fix that shit.

first you're sure that love is larger than any obstacle, but then love comes to feel flimsy measured against what's been lost—family and friends and a history.

One of the disappointing truths about divorce is that when you have children together, you are never free of the one you've tried so hard to leave. Never.

Guilt is unavoidable for mothers.

I had to make a choice, either take care of my family and become a good son, or be a bad son and start working towards constructing a world of harmony and peace. I chose the later.

Don't ever worry about losing those you love. Just remember that we are all on the same Tree of Life.

The current relationship between companies and the workforce is like marrying into a dysfunctional family. Only you don't get to escape when the holiday meal is over.

Clotilda: ....don't take him for granted. No day is promised us with the ones we love....

To be in your children's memories tomorrow, You have to be in their lives today.

Don't give in to fear. Be strong, like i know you are. An never give up, d'you unnerstand, never. No matter what happens.I stare at him.I won't, I says. I ain't no quitter, Pa.That's my girl.

Kids, no matter how big your problems are – ask your parents for help and advice.

The papers are signed. The papers are sealed.The adoption is completed.You are the adopted sons and daughters of the Most High God. A family.

Count your blessings take care of the people you love.'Happy father's day to all the greatest POP, DAD, KIN in the world.

I don't play head games... I come from a family that could easily be called Generous to a fault.

A baby is a smiling, dancing moon in our hands just waiting to touch our hearts.

A baby's laughter is the sweetest music that touches every heart.

That which is essential for life, can never be bought.