Quotes About Family

She did not like seeing her loved ones like this, bent over with sorrow; everything in her wanted to cry out, to thrash and scream at the sight of it. But she knew that great grief came from great love, and that their grief was an honor to her. And she did love them so very much.

Were Here, another story for you: Once upon a time there were two sisters, twins, who came into the world looking just the same. Some said it

Annette liebt über alles diese Großmutter, die reich ist nicht an Gütern und gebildet nicht an Lektüren.

er kann sich nicht entscheiden und er muss. Am Ende lässt er seine Kinder mit ihr ziehen, er bleibt zurück [...]. Die Tür hat sich hinter den dreien längst geschlossen, da steht er noch und möchte weinen weinen weinen, und wir, wir stehen in der fernen Zeit und stehen und finden keinen Satz und keinen Vers und keine Zeile, die etwas andres möchte als zu stehen mit ihm und zu weinen.

There was pie on the table when Tugs returned. Pie in the Button family meant trouble.

Imagine that your own children, who you brought into the world, just walk past you. It's enough to make anybody crazy.

Tiens, allons-y pour la septième raison de trouver que la vie est belle : cuisiner pour des gens qu'on aime en prenant son temps et en écoutant la radio.

Même si je deviens grand, j'ai toujours besoin de toi, hein ?

What? You don't want any boiled beef tongue? Ha-ha. Eat the fucking tongue. We are the parents, they said, and you are the child.

the real revolution for this century "would be to stop seeing the home as a gendered space" but rather as both a male and female domain, just as we now see the workplace.

It is one thing to let go of the housekeeping. Quite another to relinquish being the center of your children's universe.

Another way to frame the issue is that leaning in when you have significant caregiving responsibilities requires an intensive support structure at home and lots of flexibility at work. Think about simple physics. Imagine a tree leaning over the water

leaning in when you have significant caregiving responsibilities requires an intensive support structure at home and lots of flexibility at work.

My mother felt that what she did was nothing special. If you find yourself in such a situation that's what you do. She never wanted attention; also not at family celebrations. But within the family, she was certainly not silent. She was calm and thoughtful. But she also had the most wonderful laugh.

I feared they'd never have that special connection. The covenant between a mother and child is powerful, but if it's broken....

My mother will hear you.

Of all the roles I've played, none has been as fulfilling as being a mother.

I have always thought of Walt Disney as my second father.

Land lasts longer than blood or love. It is not like a river.

Annie Barrows lebt mit ihrem Mann und zwei Töchtern in Kalifornien. Die eine Tochter ist wie Ivy, die andere wie Bean. Sie brauen eine Menge Zaubertränke.

You're right, Jottie, but what good is it? Rightness is nothing. You can't live on it. You might as well eat ashes." I glanced at Father, his bloodshot eyes and the stain on his pants. I loved him so. Once more, I tired to explain. "This is all we can do; it's all we're allowed. We can't go back. The only thing time leaves for us to decide" -- I picked up Father's hand and held it tight-- "is whether or not we're going to hate each other.

Ma mère écrivait, vous pourriez venir vous reposer à la maison, n'osant pas dire de venir les voir pour eux-mêmes.

In the humdrum routine of personal existence, History did not matter. We were simply happy or unhappy, depending on the day. The more immersed we were in work and family, said to be reality, the greater was our sense of unreality.

A partir de entonces, les he dicho a varios hombres: «Cuando yo estaba a punto de cumplir doce años, mi padre intentó matar a mi madre». El hecho de haber necesitado decírselo demuestra lo unida que me sentía a ellos. Sin embargo, todos se quedaron en silencio después de oírlo. Y yo me daba cuenta de que había cometido un error, de que no estaban preparados para escucharlo.