The priceless gifts (life, love, joy, goodness, family, nature) are freely given by the Creator.

my motheris pure radiance. she is the suni can touchand kissand holdwithout getting burnt.

You are destiny to be;Rebuilder of great home.Restorer of mighty nation.

My litter sister looks up at me.Mom was right. Her eyes are the same as they’ve always been. Brown eyes fringed with long lashes and steeped with the memory of sweetness and light, laughter and...

A child deserves to be loved but never to be maltreated.

The greatest gift a parent can leave a child is that parent’s own independence.

May our lives and gentle spirit be evident to all that we are members of God’s family.

Peter.” The fine hair along her spine rising, Vicky could feel the power in a name. This is who you are, it said. Come back to us.

Beauty will never fade away from the eyes of those who love one another.

That we’d figure it out. That you weren’t alone.” Stab.Twist.He was right. It was just that simple.

The place of horror turns out to be no more than a green scoop, sometimes shadowed, sometimes shining with the bilberries and grass within it, as if a mouth had opened from which streamed a...

I’ve no need for a limited chimney when am feeling the warmth of the motherly sun.

Value supported family and friends.

When Tito was born, I was writing my fifth novel. That was how I saw my future: living in Venice and jumping from novel to novel. Tito’s birth changed all that.

It is wonderful to live together as brothers and sisters.

My words to Anna, as we stood contemplating the Scuola Grande di San Marco, moments before entering Venice Hospital, came true: ‘With a façade like that, I could even accept having a deformed child.’ I...

Her hands flew to her mouth. ‘Are we even twins?’Josh rested his hand on her shoulder and brought his forehead to rest against hers, strands of their blond hair mingling. ‘I will always be your...

I think what a family is shouldn’t be so hard to see. It should be the one thing people know just by looking at you.

When it comes to family, everything gets personal.

I don’t feel the need to explain my actions to her. I don’t clarify, I don’t doubt, I don’t worry. I don’t tell her everything, not anymore, but I tell her more than anyone else,...

There are many things for which I owe gratitude to my dad. Most of all, I am grateful to the only man who could love my mother more than me.

Shame is the demon that keeps many of us trapped in our pain; healing comes when we gain the courage to confront our demon(s).

The most important parts of building a family are “God’s Love” and “Meaningful Friendships.