Quotes About Bonding

We laughed, then Keir took my hand. "I've something to show Lara down by the river. We will return." Marcus put his hands on his hips. "None of that, now. There's a celebration to start, and no time for 'showing' her—" Keir cut him off, as I blushed. "We'll be back in time." Marcus gave him an evil smile. "I'll have the first meats waiting." Keir grimaced, and grabbed my hand. "Come, Lara.

It had never occurred to me that simply being with a fellow prisoner would make me feel like I was still in prison.

How can you grow to love a handful of strangers so fiercely just because you have to sleep on the same couple of wooden planks with them, when half the time you were there you wanted to strangle them, and all you ever talked about is death and imaginary strawberries?

Se parece a enamorarse, saber que acabas de encontrar a tu mejor amiga.

How do you ever hold on to anybody?

I want to spend time with you.

If there is any message I want you to take from this book, it is that befriending a parrot can be both frustrating and infinitely rewarding.

On the topic of babies: "I know which end you feed.

more than once, and even her dad had mentioned it, laughingly. "That's

from some of the Yankees when they all went to a baseball game together.

Commitment. That's what it's all about. Taking that convenant together. Bonding yourselves for all eternity. Isn't that what we are all looking for? Maybe Alexander wasn't ready to do that with me, but it's obvious he isn't ready to do that with you, either.

Surrounded by people speaking a different language, our family started talking to each other. We drew into a very small tribe (population: four), who ate together, and squabbled together, and mostly played together. We learned to waste our moments-together. And then we brought that lesson home with us.

those kisses...repaired and soothed and knit together the weave of married life.

You go to a restaurant in the States and kids have these game boards at the table. You don't see that in Italy or Spain. It's not because they can't afford to buy them, it's because that's not what eating together as a family is about.

We tell our troubles to someone only to make him suffer, to make him assume them for himself. If we wanted to win him over, we would admit none but abstract worries, the only kind those who love us are eager to hear.

We tell our troubles to someone only to make him suffer, to make him assume them for himself

Friendships happen through spending time together.

Emilie Buchwald quotes Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.

Children are made readers on the laps of their parents

My whole family is very sarcastic and constantly making jokes.

Between persons who are perpetually in each other's company dislike or love increases daily; every moment brings reasons to love or hate each other more and more.

At the time, I was still so shrunken into myself I couldn't quite believe what was happening. I'd never dreamed that Mom and I could ever do anything as fun as gorging on an entire cake until our bellies ached. We weren't being hysterical, or depressed. We'd just thought of something nice to do, and done it together. That kind of thing had felt wrong in Meguro, but the new apartment somehow made it possible.

Risate fatte di niente e divise con qualcuno.

I laughed. "Could it be that you're satisfying hunger and lust at the same time?" "No way, no way, no way!" he said, laughing. "It must be because we're family.