Family
Quotes - We are a noisy and blessed little family
“He
doesn’t have to love your CD collection. He doesn’t have to love your shoes.
But any good, mature guy better make an attempt to love your friends and
family—especially when they’re great.”
―
Greg Behrendt, He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to
Understanding Guys
“I’ve
seen the anointing at work time and time again—people healed, oppression
lifted, and lives completely transformed in an instant.”
―
Kathryn Krick, Unlock Your Deliverance: Keys to Freedom From Demonic Oppression
“At
the end of the day your ability to connect with your readers comes down to how
you make them feel.”
―
Benjamin J. Carey, Barefoot in November
“These
people make my family look easy to get along with.”
―
Megan Whalen Turner, The King of Attolia
“A
wise man once told me family don’t end in blood, but it doesn’t start there
either. Family cares about you, not what you can do for them. Family’s there
through the good, bad, all of it. They got your back even when it hurts. That’s
family”
―
Eric Kripke
“We
are a noisy and blessed little family”
―
Nancy E. Turner, These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901
“Meantime,
a midsize Labrador mutt cut me off at the cul-de-sac. He was in desperate need
of a rubdown. I gave it a thought but feared his bark and constant gruff. I
locked eyes then noticed his black and white patches rotated with agitations.
He yapped and yapped and bluffed mightily, but he cautiously stayed a safe
distance away. Eventually, he lost all courage and quietly ran for shelter. As
for me, I never stopped advancing toward my brother’s place. It took some
effort but
I
serpentine and zigzagged my way through dandelions and fast-food wrappings
lying in the yard.
The
closer I got, the more definite the sounds of dishes breaking, kids playing,
infants testing
their
lungs, and TVs watching themselves became. Jerry and his wife had separated
some time ago. Regardless, he was left with four adult daughters still in the
nest. Obviously, the girls brought kids of their own to the mix. But everything
unfolding before me appeared chaotic on the other side of that threshold. That
entire scene grew larger andmore intimidating with every timid step I took.”
―
Harold Phifer, My Bully, My Aunt, & Her Final Gift
“Those
who think money can't buy happiness just don't know where to shop … People
would be happier and healthier if they took more time off and spent it with
their family and friends, yet America has long been heading in the opposite
direction. People would be happier if they reduced their commuting time, even
if it meant living in smaller houses, yet American trends are toward even
larger houses and ever longer commutes. People would be happier and healthier
if they took longer vacations even if that meant earning less, yet vacation
times are shrinking in the United States, and in Europe as well. People would
be happier, and in the long run and wealthier, if they bought basic functional
appliances, automobiles, and wristwatches, and invested the money they saved
for future consumption; yet, Americans and in particular spend almost
everything they have – and sometimes more – on goods for present consumption,
often paying a large premium for designer names and superfluous features.”
―
Jonathan Haidt, The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient
Wisdom
“I
kept thinking back to all those nights in Connecticut, when I was out the door
as soon as dinner was over, yelling my plans behind me as I headed to my car,
ready for my real night to begin—my time with my family just something to get
through as quickly as possible. And now that I knew that the time we had
together was limited, I was holding on to it, trying to stretch it out, all the
while wishing I’d appreciated what I’d had earlier.”
―
Morgan Matson, Second Chance Summer
“My
father was one of those men who sit in a room and you can feel it: the simmer,
the sense of some unpredictable force that might, at any moment, break loose,
and do something terrible. [Burnside, p. 27]”
―
John Burnside, A Lie About My Father: A Memoir
“The
family exists for many reasons, but its most basic function may be to draw
together after a member dies.”
―
Stephen King
“It
is easier to start a war than to end it.”
―
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
“(You
do not have to be shamed in my closeness. Family are the people who must never
make you feel ashamed.)
(You
are wrong. Family are the people who must make you feel ashamed when you are
deserving of shame.)
(And
you are deserving of shame?)
(I
am. I am trying to tell you.) 'We were stupid,' he said, 'because we believed
in things.'
'Why
is this stupid?'
'Because
there are not things to believe in.'
(Love?)
(There
is no love. Only the end of love.)
(Goodness?)
(Do
not be a fool.)
(God?)
(If
God exists, He is not to be believed in.)”
―
Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illuminated
“England
is not the jewelled isle of Shakespeare's much-quoted message, nor is it the
inferno depicted by Dr Goebbels. More than either it resembles a family, a
rather stuffy Victorian family, with not many black sheep in it but with all
its cupboards bursting with skeletons. It has rich relations who have to be
kow-towed to and poor relations who are horribly sat upon, and there is a deep
conspiracy of silence about the source of the family income. It is a family in
which the young are generally thwarted and most of the power is in the hands of
irresponsible uncles and bedridden aunts. Still, it is a family. It has its
private language and its common memories, and at the approach of an enemy it
closes its ranks. A family with the wrong members in control - that, perhaps is
as near as one can come to describing England in a phrase.”
―
George Orwell, Why I Write
“But
the coconut is also a symbol of resilience, Samar. Even in the conditions where
there's very little nourishment and even less nurturance, it flourishes,
growing taller than most of the plants around it.”
―
Neesha Meminger, Shine, Coconut Moon
“Family,
friends and relationships are the blessings of the God. They are the best way
to access God.”
―
Amit Ray, Nonviolence: The Transforming Power
“The
coolies pull them across Howrah bridge, which they share with cars, trucks,
bullock carts, a party of young women in saris strolling in no hurry wearing
bangles on their ankles, an elephant also in no hurry, and a cow that is lying
down in the middle of the road chewing lazily a booklet entitled Dr W C Roy’s
SPECIFIC FOR INSANITY. The camera pauses on a portion of the half-eaten text:
“Dr Roy’s insanity medicine acted a charm. I am completely cured,” says Srinath
Ghosh of Bundelkund. 5 rupees per phial.”
―
Michael Tobert, Karna's Wheel
“The
love of money is the root of all evil, therefore selfishness must be the seed.”
―
M.D. Birmingham
