Englishmen who came here had the spirit of close kinsmen in all they did; often were blood related and moved from place to place in clans strengthened by civic and ecclesiastical covenants.

Friendship is not by force but by choice.You can never please everybody, he who aims to please everybody will end up pleasing nobody.

Each time you say hello to a stranger, your heart acknowledges over and over again that we are all family.

..the family motto, after all, is ‘To Have and To Hold’. We were always a warrior breed, but we don’t fight solely for lands and material wealth. There’s an understanding, drummed into all of us...

I swearwe’d lose ourhearts ifthey weren’twith elasticand butterflypinclasped safelyin.

What is taking place here should be made very clear: Citizens who are completely innocent of any legal wrongdoing and simply minding their own business–not seeking any litigation and neither convicted nor accused of any...

We no longer have the luxury of spending our energy on anything that does not lead us and our families to Christ.

She thought about her cousins in Oklahoma, which was odd, since she’d never spent much time with them. She didn’t even know them very well. Now she was sorry about that.

The family exists for many reasons, but its most basic function may be to draw together after a member dies.

If the one who gave me life wants the real me to die… then all I can do is die.

These stories always take us to some far away places which we can never visit in real life.

Raised on a cotton farm in rural Georgia, as many white/negro families did to make a meager living, my daddy had a saying.’All a poor man has is his good name and good credit. God...

We may be of the same family, but that is the very reason why we are not friends, for we are rivals for the throne. What quarrels are worse than family quarrels?

My Miracle, living through a Traumatic brain Injury

There are no coincidences in life. What person that wandered in and out of your life was there for some purpose, even if they caused you harm. Sometimes, it doesn’t make sense the short periods...

Finally he asks, “What if that’s not enough? What if I need something else?”And she replies, “Whatever you need, I will find a way to get it to you. I will give you the moon,...

God doesn’t put that much prep into something that is insignificant.

Why do others see the need to change me my stringers,teachers even my own family they all seem to find something wrong with the only ones that seem to completely get me are my friends

I could get through this. I would be strong because I was so close to achieving my dream of having my kids together.

Theres no competition in DESTINY. Run your own RACE and wish others WELL!!!

IF you want to be a winner than follow one simple rule and feed it in your mind. Take each task and work as ” Do it yourself project.

I looked into her eyes, and saw my own staring back, the same peculiar shade, pale grey, flecked with yellow, rimmed with black. Now I knew the nature of her debt. It had weighed on...

There was an outburst of noise and protests, and Jeremy announced I wasn’t being logical, of course they wouldn’t sell me, because it was illegal, for heaven’s sake. Alexa gave him a look that said...

Vamos a decirlo ya, chicas, todos los tios, cuando nos encontramos con una ex, pensamos en acostarnos con ella. Cuando te gusta una chica tienes que invitarla a salir, contarle mentiras de tu vida… aguantar...

The family is the basis of society. As the family is, so is the society, and it is human beings who make a family-not the quantity of them, but the quality of them.

Why one enjoys maternal grandparents more than the paternal ones, i have never understood, but it was like that for me.

to us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.

Uma relação de duas pessoas converteu-se numa de três, numa coisa mais triangular. Só uma relação que consegue formar um polígono consegue sobreviver, pensava Borja. Quando assenta em dois pontos, não resiste ao tempo, é...

Never judge someone by their relatives.

Sometimes John had recorded new compositions, or lines from his new poems. Sometimes he’d just record a busy night in The Green Man. Sometimes sheep, seals, skylarks, the wind turbine. If Liam were home there...

All that history, the love & laughter, is designed for youth. It is what keeps the story of who we are alive from one generation to the next. It ensures our indelible mark in the...

You’d think (losing his job and degree for having made false claims as a researcher) would be a lesson to him,” said Miss Hillyard. “It didn’t pay, did it? Say he sacrificed his professional honour...

Nilijitolea sehemu ya maisha yangu ya kijamii na kifamilia kuweza kuchapisha Kolonia Santita katika kiwango nilichokitaka.

I’m serious, Harry, don’t go.” But Harry only had one thought in his head, which was to get back in front of the mirror, and Ron wasn’t going to stop him.That third night he found...

Many people feel like they were born into the wrong family. Nevertheless, adults must take responsiblity for the pain of the past and create a productive life in the present.

The Screamingflashed me back to a timewhen mom and dad were still togetherif you could call miles apart together.

I love family reunions. Maybe next year we could pass out samurai swords.

They’ll say you are bador perhaps you are mador at least you should stay undercover.Your mind must be bareif you would dareto think you can love more than one lover.

I have good news and I have bad news. The good news is that your house hasn’t burned down, you don’t have cancer, and your daughter hasn’t been raped or murdered. The bad news is...

Train your Children with Patience, Correct them in Love, Don’t Discipline them out of hatred

People mean well; they just aren’t here enough to get what we are dealing with or what home means to my mother. Everyone thinks they know what should be done, and their suggestions make me...

REAL people do not have to lie, exaggerate, or brag for they are self-contained in self-understanding and acceptance of themselves. REAL people can make a mistake knowing that even when they do, it is only...

Someday you’ll understand. You’ll have your own children, and they’ll mean more to you than the world. A wife has to defend her children, even against her own husband. Not that I expect you to...

Get away from my house and all its rooms that echo, all the rooms I don’t enter anymore.

I had a dream I was in an old woman’s closet peeing on a giant shoe. Sorry grandma I thought it was the bathroom. I hate vacations where someone carries you out of the car...

It’s my sister’s favorite car.

Be as successful as a Smith.

One thing my grandpa taught me was never fall asleep while swimming. Or, rather, I’m sure he would have taught me that if he had the chance. (He drowned when he was a little boy.)

He’s a year shorter than me, but he’s a foot younger. I love him like the brother of an only child.

My father inherited my old looks.