Quotes About Bond

When my mother died, I sort of felt her inside me sometimes,' I say. 'Like I'd swallowed her.' He laughs. 'Swallowed her.' 'I still have moments when I feel that, when it feels like she's inside me, and there's no difference between us or that the difference doesn't matter.

You are in my stomach' was their most intimate expression of love

I can't swim, so you better join me.

You spend enough time at the racetrack, you know your horse, okay? You always know your horse.

One dies without regret if there is one in the whole world a "bosom friend," or one who "knows his heart.

Love is the chain to lock a child to its parent.

What significant details do you remember about how you met your special animal? Why do you think this animal came into your life at the time he or she did?

You came into my life in a way that unmistakably told me to bring you home. But I think we chose each other. This was one of the best decisions I ever made.

with me an instant before

a baby would be with her parents.

Lanny Bellin, Daniel's stepfather.

Marriages last because the people in them want to be married

In a lot of ways, this is a book about all the ways that people life you up and take care of you.

She held me. I held her. We were one. (230)

When my father didn't have my hand . . . he had my back.

You're walking on the old swamp road. But it doesn't matter what the road is like, it's who you're walking it with.

My sister taught me everything I really need to know, and she was only in sixth grade at the time.

Love is a bridge that links us heart to heart Mother and child can never live apart.

But, does your friend have a friend in you?

Marriage is unnatural; only the human being would commit to something that it doesn't trust.

The only thing that matters in the end is what loves you back.

The family we choose for ourselves is more important than the one we were born into ... people have to earn our respect and trust, not have it handed to them simply because of genetics.

I believe in a different kind of magic. The kind we make between each other.

Nah, I've always had a great relationship with my two brothers, I have always had their support in my football and in everything. They've been very close to me and we have a great relationship.