Quotes About Bond

Even a lousy parent is better than no parent at all.

Children learn best when they like their teacher and they think their teacher likes them.

We only feel like being good for those to whom we are attached to. We weren't meant to raise and teach children whose hearts we did not have. We have resorted to all kinds of tricks with our children because we don't have enough natural attachment power to do our job. When we use these tricks, we insult the relationship.

Whenever I see her, we laugh enough to last for the month. She's my best friend, and someday when we're old enough I'm going to talk her into staying here forever.

Friendship is something in the soul. It is a thing one feels. It is not a return for something.

Married people grow like each other.

But we do not love people for what they do for us. Love happens to us; it isn't created.

When you have a child you are condemned to be a father for life. They go away from you. You can't go away from them.

I love you. I am your father and I love you. Try to understand that.

Das Kind zog an der Hand seines Vaters, und er konnte erkennen, wie die Lippen jene zwei Silben formten, die wie der Refrain einer grausigen Ballade klagen: Papa, Papa.

Some people feed you with love," Tara said, "and some people love you with food.

What better mirror is there than the face of an old friend? Only those we love have the power to show us our true selves.

He held her hand and shook his head. They're inside, part of us by now. They are us. Where can we escape?

People come together and move apart. It's the age-old ebb and flow of relationships. Some are shorter journeys, and others were meant for a lifetime. That goes for friendships as well. We

Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children, because they're more certain they are their own.

We should be covered into the earth by people who loved us.

You should have dragged my butt out of bed. Your butt's too big to drag, Taylor said. Hayley sat on the floor, facing her sister. That means yours is too. We have the same butt, remember? Don't remind me, Taylor said. I see it every time you walk in front of me.

But just as no one really knows what it is like to be a mother until she holds her first child, no one who hadn't felt the sudden loss of a child could ever even approximate the stabbing ache that came with every breath. I

Enduring their mother was what bound them together. And while they might have had three different dads, they were always 100 percent sisters. Never half sisters.

Enduring their mother was what bound them together. And while they might have had three different dads, they were always 100 percent sisters. Never half sisters. Their sisterhood was the one thing the Knotek girls could depend upon, and really, the only thing their mother couldn't take away. It was what propelled them to survive.

you know Mimi Garcia had a little brother?" he

she's very connected to her sisters. Adversity and courage have forged a strong, impenetrable bond between them.

We became friends over detective fiction. She's a true friend.

I love her so much that it hurts sometimes. People who don't have a dog can't know how it feels, just like those who don't have children can't understand that kind of love. They aren't the same, of course. But both are real.