Quotes About Connection

I hope that, reading 'Rosa,' people will remember their own family and friends and talk about what they did and did not do.

The fact is, there is no foundation, no secure ground, upon which people may stand today if it isn't the family.

I'm very fortunate that I have a wonderful family around me and loved ones.

If we can't understand the Afghan family, we can't understand Afghanistan.

When I was a boy, I would ask about my family history, about my bloodlines. We really didn't know that much. We had a little Indian in us from the Oklahoma Trail of Tears.

You don't want him for a reason. You want him because he's your father.

I told myself that some families we get without asking, while others we choose. And I chose those two. I think that's what you'd call a silver lining.

How I love them. How good they are. They endure endless hours of me talking about the future. They keep me near and at the same time bid me farewell. That is what real love is.

I wanted only a familiar voice, someone who knew me. Not some earlier, larval version of myself. . .

A family is a mystery.

What is family? They were the people who claimed you. In good, in bad, in parts or in whole, they were the ones who showed up, who stayed there, regardless.

Family is the theatre of the spiritual drama, the place where things happen, especially the things that matter.

Pack is for comfort when you hurt, I thought, putting my head back down. And for the first time in a long time, maybe the first time ever, I appreciated being a part of one.

There's a generation of people I think without a strong connection to family, to religion, to civic duty. They have a real disassociation from the problems of the world.

Knowing more about family history is the single biggest predictor of a child's emotional well-being. Grandparents can play a special role in this process, too.

At the end of the day, I only trust my family.

Community is like a big family.

I have a little baby. She knows who I am. My friends know. My family knows.

Family is the one thing that is definitely not disposable.

I hate traveling and being away from my family. But I like meeting my readers, as what I write is actualized in them. Those encounters are exhilarating to me.

I guess no matter what your family is like, you're not surprised.

In a morally healthy family the good of each member of a family includes and overlaps with the good of other members. When one family member flourishes, so typically do the others.

I will never brag about myself, but my family, I can go on forever.

I don't like to be away from my family for long periods.