Quotes About Support

If your workshop praises a poem, don't think everyone is too nice to tell you how terrible it really is. (If it is that kind of workshop, you should get out of it as soon as possible—honest feedback is the sign that people respect your writing and take it seriously.)

Will the waters be rising soon? The waters will be rising soon. Find someone or something to cling to.

Someone will pull you from the fire, someone else wrap you in flame. -The Givens

You are blood. You are sisters. No man can break that bond.

People pay money to see others believe in themselves.

People pay money to see others believe in themselves." Meaning, the higher the chance you can fall down in public, the more value the culture places on what you do.

because my mother has never been out of bed before the

My mother has always been the social glue holding the family together.

Having lots of siblings is like having built-in best friends.

I know some people say it's not the best to work with your family, but I have never understood that because it's always worked so well for me.

Sometimes, just believing in someone is enough for them to start believing in themselves.

There just comes a point where you realize it is time to show up for your parents, no matter what has passed between you or how you were raised or how busy you are. You just have to show up.

She has lost much, son. We must be patient while we wait for her to smile, ja?

This town needs people like Neva Shilling, people with a giving spirit and a desire to serve. Especially in these times of hardship, Mrs. Shilling is a beacon of hope that things can be better if we're willing to give of ourselves.

Dad is my best mate and I can tell Mum absolutely anything. I really appreciate Mum and Dad. Why are we so close? Young parents, I think. The rock business keeps their minds young.

Because, Mom, I'm really proud of you for finally standing up for yourself and ending things with Daddy.

your parent may actually have consciously or unconsciously reinforced you as the caretaker to meet his or her needs, to be the nurturer and provider of emotional support,

They may easily assume the role of fixer and nurturer. They're the ones friends lean on, the ones to whom people tell their problems. Helping others gives them a sense of purpose and worth.

After that it was easy. It was the most impossible thing I'd ever done, but it was also easy. I held on to Jamie, and I kept moving forward.

After that, with help from Jamie, I left Susan little notes every day. Susan is a big frog. (That one made Jamie giggle.)

I told you, nobody goes into foster care for good reasons. Foster care might be better than anything you've ever had in your life so far, and it will still never be as good as what you should have had. If the family you were born into was what it should have been.

I'll come," she said softly. "I will. It would be good to be among family again.

It was hard enough to cope with Susan. How would I ever cope without her?

Pneumonia. I'd heard that word before. Over two years ago, when I'd first come to Susan's house, when I'd learned about Becky, her best friend. "What killed her?" I'd asked, and Susan had said, "Pneumonia. That's a sickness in the lungs." I was falling, falling. I had no one to catch me. Susan was dying. I had no safe place to be.