I like spending time with my family. And if you have the same last name as me, we might be family. I’m an orphan, so I was hoping we could hang out.

I put the hell in hello—especially when waving at my mother-in-law. If looks could kill, she’d wish she were Helen Keller.

My boy’s going to grow up so big and strong he’ll be able to beat up both his dad and his grandpa—at the same time. Though I hope he never has to do that. One...

…by her family circle. That was my phrase, one that could include me by some stretch of the imagination; ‘circle’ sounded too symmetrical, but it would have to do.

Families were nothing more than hope cast out in a wide net, everyone wanting only the best.

Family, like arsenic, works best in small doses…unless you prefer to die.

Sometimes I did feel like I came from a different tribe. I was not like my outgoing, ironic dad or my tough-chick mom. And as if to seal the deal, instead of learning to play...

Prospero the Enchanter’s immediate reaction upon meeting his daughter is a simple declaration of: “Well, fuck.

Every citizen must pray for its nation.

The crux of our conflict lay in the fact that we each couldn’t be who we wanted the other to be.

True best friends never fail on understanding, forgiving, and being there for one another no matter what situation that they might be in or having with one another because of the fact of that no...

Ask very little but ask of everyone.

As we all came to discover the limitations of assimilation, we grew closer as a family

My plans for the future are to serve more and better, to worry less about the things that are unimportant, to let my wife and children know how much I love them, to openly support...

What war did for him (hasten disillusionment with communism), childbirth did for me. I began to notice what neglected, neurotic waifs the children of Communists were and to question the genuineness of the love of...

No one’s smart when it comes to family. Blood is thicker than smart.

How shall I ever learn who I am when there is so much of me that belongs to someone else?

You make allowances for your family. They may not seem normal to the world but they’re normal to you because you’ve been dealing with them all your life.

You know what I mean. I’m telling you I was stupid over it. I thought it was about trying so hard to survive that you didn’t have the time to be a good parent. Obviously,...

Adoption is the most intentional process on Earth.

The row was actually about everything in creation, but it had for its subject of the moment the boy’s mustache.

The air felt different in my lungs. The world no longer looked the same. You change and then you change again. You become a dog, a bird, a plant that always leans to the left....

Van was feeding Christian as we walked in the door. I shielded my hands in front of my face to prevent from seeing her bare breast. “God damn woman, put that tit away!””I’m feeding my...

A word is a small song.

I know more about my father than I used to know: I know he wanted to be a pilot in the war but could not, because the work he did was considered essential to the...

If your parents died suddenly, Sandro understood, your home was wherever you were, and now you were from nowhere. Your parents were your provenance. Dead, you had no provenance.

Because that’s what families do for each other. They support each other, whether they agree with the other person’s decisions or not. It’s called love.” ~Faith Barnett from Texas Tangle

Eighteen and stupid happens to everyone, I guess. If you survive it, it’s probably half luck, and half having the right people in your life to watch out for you.

I’ll love you forever,I’ll like you for always, As long as I’m living, my baby you’ll be.

He gave her a quick, casual kiss on the cheek first. Then came the hug, and it was the hug that always made Laurel’s heart mush. Serious grip, cheek to the hair, eyes closed, just...

At least wait until you’re alone before you kiss her, if you please! Remember, her family is watching you, and we haven’t had our dinner yet!

But wasn’t there some sort of rule that said parents had to be smarter than their kids? It didn’t seem fair.

Is that what love is all about? Needing them to come back to you when they’re away? To come home and keep you safe?

Life is a bit easier not worrying about the future of where the family is going to be or what is happening in the future.

YOU AND YOU ALONE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN HAPPINESS, NOT ANYONE ELSE

I will see you again,’ Hades promised. ‘I will prepare a room for you at the palace in case you do not survive. Perhaps your chambers would look good decorated with the skulls of monks.’...

I don’t think a female running a house is a problem, a broken family. It’s perceived as one because of the notion that a head is a man.

Truth means facing denial and saying I know who I am, I know who I need to be and I’m not afraid to become that person no matter what…Never be without fear; but Letti, never...

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

My mother hasn’t asked the questions that a normal person would ask, and I’m grateful for it. It’s like the world has become so crazy that it makes sense to her now. I turn on...

It’s not blood that makes us who we are,” Dad said. “It’s family. And it’s not blood that makes us family. It’s love.

I need them and they need me to need them

When you choose to forgive the same people over and over again you do so because you don’t want to believe your time loving them was wasted. Bad relationships over time can become investments, that...

For me, family means the silent treatment. At any given moment, someone is always not speaking to someone else.’Really,’ I said.We’re passive-aggressive people,’ she explained, taking a sip of her coffee. ‘Silence is our weapon...

You can’t fight hatred with hatred and expect anyone to listen to you. You can only try to lessen it with humor, wit, truth and commonsense. If that doesn’t work run like hell, while they...

We have the ability to rise up and take control of our lives, if only we stop to pay attention to the warning signs that we so often find ourselves excusing and ignoring.

I am releasing my own demons of times gone by and seizing the opportunity to find my own corner, my own fortress, my own calm and peace. Life is not unfair.

Passion + Vision +Skill + Mentoring = Success.

You have to design your own price tag for the world.

The thing I miss most from home, is having a home.