#al

Responsible parenting is NOT a crime. Responsible parenting is most valuable tool of our society. ↗

— Mick Karabegovic

#abuse-of-public-authority #crime-against-family #crime-against-fathers #family #family-law

Personally, I think the 'Christian family' should be called a Christian fantasy. ↗

— Ruth Hurmence Green

#bible #christianity #family #family-values #family

What I think was hardest for me to realize was that he had tried each time to stop himself. He had killed animals, taking lesser lives to keep from killing a child ↗

— Alice Sebold

#family #heaven #murder #pergatory #personal-growth

Beatrice. We should think of our family. But. But we must also think of ourselves. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#caleb-prior #divergent #roth #family

I'll be here when you get back. ↗

— Ally Carter

#family #loyalty #waiting #family

One minute she was just this woman I worked with, the next, she was this woman I couldn't go an hour without seeing. ↗

— Dominique Eastwick

#curvy-heroine #romance #rubenesque #strong-heroine #family

In fact, since the accident, Mom doesn't love anyone. She is marble. Beautiful. Frigid. Easily stained by her family. What's left of us anyway. We are corpses. At first, we sought rebirth. But resurrection devoid of her love has made us zombies. We get up every morning, skip breakfast, hurry off to work or school. For in those other places, we are more at home. And sometimes we stagger beneath the weight of grief, the immensity of aloneness. ↗

— Ellen Hopkins

#grief #rebirth #resurrection #zombies #beauty

After all, her motto is "Better to ask for forgiveness than permission. ↗

— Anna Banks

#forgiveness

It had not seemed to matter that Rose was only eight years old. "More than eight," said Rose. "Nearly nine." "Darling Rose, even almost nearly nine-year-old's don't fall in love," said forgetful Caddy. Caddy tried very hard to comfort Rose when Tom had left. It was not an easy job. It was like trying to comfort a small, unhappy tiger. "Who said anything about falling in love?" growled Rose crossly. "Falling! Falling is by accident! I didn't fall in anything!" "Oh. Right. Sorry, Posy Rose." "And I am definitely not in love! ↗

— Hilary McKay

#families #love #realistic-fiction #family

I think that is the very definition of a family: a group of individuals, bound by the essence of love, who share a life together and yet maintain their unique individuality. ↗

— Kathy Magliato

#individuality #love #unique #family