#family

My mother, brave woman, lost her whole family when she decided to marry a black man in the '60s. When the marriage fell apart, she had to come back to her family. ↗

— Lisa Bonet

#back #black #brave #come #decided

My family had liberal positions. ↗

— Emma Bonino

#had #liberal #positions

Bett didn't have any siblings because she said her father had preserved what was dead for too long to be able to create life. When Bet was younger and had begged for one, her father gave her a marmot he' stuffed for a man from Wyoming. "This is your brother Christopher," he'd said, placing the marmot on Bett's pillow one night. "He doesn't talk much, so you'll have to pick up the slack there. ↗

— Rebecca Rasmussen

#humor #siblings #family

If there is one thing that marks families with money over the long term it is this: delayed gratification. ↗

— Bill Bonner

#family

The reason is obvious. You're my grandfather, okay. Like it or not, you're who you are and i'm who i am. And i'm here right now, so what are we going to do about it? -Adam Cayhall- ↗

— John Grisham

#love #true #truth #family

The Royal Tenenbaums," she said. "It's about a family of prodigies. ↗

— John Green

#family

She pictured a dandelion gone by, the white, almost airless pieces of her family scattered so far. ↗

— Elizabeth Strout

#family

Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. ↗

— Léon Tolstoï

#family

We had visceral, rich memories of dull, interminable hours. Then a day would pass in perfect harmony with our projects, our family members, and our coworkers, and we couldn’t believe we were getting paid for this. ↗

— Joshua Ferris

#work #family

I found Caeden lying on my bed with both the dogs. He was talking to them and petting Archie behind his ears. It was like our own little family. ↗

— Micalea Smeltzer

#family