#family

There is also an epidemic of infertility in this country. There are more women who have put off child-bearing in favor of their professional lives. For them, the only way they are going to have a family is to adopt from China. ↗

— Iris Chang

#also #child-bearing #china #country #epidemic

Half a page --- and the morning is already ancient. ↗

— Michael Ondaatje

#lyrical #family

Garter Man is exceedingly fast! ↗

— Kyle Blair

#family

The sun doesn't just hang on one family's tree ↗

— Anchee Min

#family

It ain't locked, till it's checked! ↗

— Angelo N. Dallas

#family

Make sure she can reach you 24hours a day. ↗

— Harry H. Harrison Jr.

#raising-a-girl #raising-kids #family

In WASP families, if you don't get along with someone, you have as little to do with them as possible. In Jewish families, you move next door, to make them as miserable as possible. ↗

— Doreen Orion

#culture #culture-critique #family #family-drama #family-relationships

Uncommon anxiety came to us in common hours when other people were doing mundane things like taking out the trash or checking their phones. But there was nothing to be done for this. We couldn’t change who we were or what had happened. ↗

— Laura Anderson Kurk

#depression #family #glass-girl #grief #laura-anderson-kurk

Time can be cruel if you don’t use it wisely ~ Imani Wisdom, Zion's Road: A Love Story about Faith and Redemption. ↗

— Imani Wisdom

#inspirational #romance-love #suspense #faith

For a long time, I was trapped in this struggle with my emotions about the single person in the world who was my family. ↗

— Hanna Perlstein Marcus

#family