Enfim, por alguma razão se fazem as guerras, respondeu o avô, levantando as sobrancelhas. Só nas guerras é que os homens podem matar-se uns aos outros sem serem castigados.

My grandpa passed a few days ago. But I’m not sad. He was only driving 20 miles an hour, so I’m sure I’ll catch up to him.

There is one tree in Gainesville I call “Grandfather” because it looks like a giant Bonsai tree. Well, that and I actually thought it was my mother’s father for the longest time.

We both lacked the same thing in our childhoods – the love of a father… We both sought to fill that lack in our adult lives with family and love, as everyone does, but also...

Leading up to my life is a long line of dead bodies. These are my ancestors, and I respect them, but I’m glad I don’t have to bury them all. I just have to bury...

Hapa, watu wengi hawatumii majina ya pili ya baba zao. Hutumia jina la kwanza la mama la pili la baba; ndiyo maana Wameksiko wengi wana majina matatu. Kwa upande wangu, Patrocinio ni jina la baba...

It is so awkward that how our ancestors wasted their whole life and never thought about education or making difference for the future generations. My Grandfather lived more than a 100+ years, married 3 women...

Oh, Caddy,” said Saffron miserably.”I know. It’s awful. But I’m going. We all should.””It will be so sad.””You have to be sad sometimes,” said Caddy. “Whatever Dad says. He may be right. Granddad probably had...

He’s going about all of this real well. It’s like when I lost my grandfather last season. You put it in the back of your mind, and it kind of motivates you. You play for...

Finally, he smiled, and although his smile was bumpy because some of his teeth were jagged and broken, it was a warming, infectious smile that was reflected in his eyes. It made her smile widely...

He’s like a surrogate grandfather. He represents a reference you can always go back to.

For the funeral I needed a plus one, so I rented a hooker. And then I rented a movie. Rest in peace Grandpa, or whoever you were.

If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul.

The best baby-sitters, of course, are the baby’s grandparents. You feel completely comfortable entrusting your baby to them for long periods, which is why most grandparents flee to Florida.

Everything necessary to understand my grandfather lies between two stories: the story of the tiger’s wife, and the story of the deathless man. These stories run like secret rivers through all the other stories of...

You don’t have to have a well-paying job to be well off. [My grandfather] took what he had and he was smart with it. I took good note of that.

That is the traditional way. My grandfather who grew roses did it. It is the traditional way for roses to be treated as special flowers,

No fim perguntei ao avô:Por que é que temos de estar encostados? Depois de o povo de Israel ter saído do Egipto deixou de ser um povo de escravos. Só um povo livre é feliz,...