Quotes
about FAMILY - All happy families are alike
“I
don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half
of you half as well as you deserve.”
―
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“All
happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
―
Leo Tolstoy , Anna Karenina
“Happiness
is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.”
―
George Burns
“Happiness
[is] only real when shared”
―
Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild
“One
can never have enough socks," said Dumbledore. "Another Christmas has
come and gone and I didn't get a single pair. People will insist on giving me
books.”
―
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
“The
capacity for friendship is God's way of apologizing for our families.”
―
Jay McInerney, The Last of the Savages
“Youth
can not know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget
what it was to be young.”
―
J.K. Rowling , Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
“Families
are messy. Immortal families are eternally messy. Sometimes the best we can do
is to remind each other that we're related for better or for worse...and try to
keep the maiming and killing to a minimum.”
―
Rick Riordan, The Sea of Monsters
“All
parents damage their children. It cannot be helped. Youth, like pristine glass,
absorbs the prints of its handlers. Some parents smudge, others crack, a few
shatter childhoods completely into jagged little pieces, beyond repair.”
―
Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven
“When
everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching -- they
are your family. ”
―
Jim Butcher
“When
God Created Mothers"
When
the Good Lord was creating mothers, He was into His sixth day of
"overtime" when the angel appeared and said. "You're doing a lot
of fiddling around on this one."
And
God said, "Have you read the specs on this order?" She has to be
completely washable, but not plastic. Have 180 moveable parts...all
replaceable. Run on black coffee and leftovers. Have a lap that disappears when
she stands up. A kiss that can cure anything from a broken leg to a
disappointed love affair. And six pairs of hands."
The
angel shook her head slowly and said. "Six pairs of hands.... no
way."
It's
not the hands that are causing me problems," God remarked, "it's the
three pairs of eyes that mothers have to have."
That's
on the standard model?" asked the angel. God nodded.
One
pair that sees through closed doors when she asks, 'What are you kids doing in
there?' when she already knows. Another here in the back of her head that sees
what she shouldn't but what she has to know, and of course the ones here in
front that can look at a child when he goofs up and say. 'I understand and I
love you' without so much as uttering a word."
God,"
said the angel touching his sleeve gently, "Get some rest
tomorrow...."
I
can't," said God, "I'm so close to creating something so close to
myself. Already I have one who heals herself when she is sick...can feed a
family of six on one pound of hamburger...and can get a nine year old to stand
under a shower."
The
angel circled the model of a mother very slowly. "It's too soft," she
sighed.
But
tough!" said God excitedly. "You can imagine what this mother can do
or endure."
Can
it think?"
Not
only can it think, but it can reason and compromise," said the Creator.
Finally,
the angel bent over and ran her finger across the cheek.
There's
a leak," she pronounced. "I told You that You were trying to put too
much into this model."
It's
not a leak," said the Lord, "It's a tear."
What's
it for?"
It's
for joy, sadness, disappointment, pain, loneliness, and pride."
You
are a genius, " said the angel.
Somberly,
God said, "I didn't put it there.”
―
Erma Bombeck, When God Created Mothers
“The
homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only
- and that is to support the ultimate career. ”
―
C.S. Lewis
“There
is no such thing as a "broken family." Family is family, and is not
determined by marriage certificates, divorce papers, and adoption documents.
Families are made in the heart. The only time family becomes null is when those
ties in the heart are cut. If you cut those ties, those people are not your
family. If you make those ties, those people are your family. And if you hate
those ties, those people will still be your family because whatever you hate
will always be with you.”
― C.
JoyBell C.
“After
a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations.”
―
Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance
“My
grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's
ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the heck she is.”
―
Ellen DeGeneres
“Parents
are like God because you wanna know they're out there, and you want them to
think well of you, but you really only call when you need something.”
―
Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters
“I
know all those words, but that sentence makes no sense to me.”
―
Matt Groening
“That's
what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when
you're not so lovable.”
―
Deb Caletti
“One
day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be
family.”
―
Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illuminated
“I
have learned that to be with those I like is enough”
―
Walt Whitman
