#fat

Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together,but do so with all your heart. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#love #people #love

He promised us that everything would be okay. I was a child, but I knew that everything would not be okay. That did not make my father a liar. It made him my father. ↗

— Jonathan Safran Foer

#love #love

No one is ever quite ready; everyone is always caught off guard. Parenthood chooses you. And you open your eyes, look at what you've got, say "Oh, my gosh," and recognize that of all the balls there ever were, this is the one you should not drop. It's not a question of choice. ↗

— Marisa de los Santos

#father #mom #mother #parenthood #parenting

I always wondered why God was supposed to be a father," she whispers. Fathers always want you to measure up to something. Mothers are the ones who love you unconditionally, don't you think? ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#god #mothers #love

All sorts of yayness floods my brain. Love is such a drug. ↗

— John Green

#infatuation #love

I've been lonely for so long. And I've been hurt so deeply. If only I could have met you again a long time ago, then I wouldn't have had to take all these detours to get here.' Tengo shook his head. 'I don't think so. This way is just fine. This is exactly the right time. For both of us. [...] We needed that much time.... to understand how lonely we really were. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#love #love

Not even need and love can defeat fate... ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#love #need #love

It seemed as if some subtle current of recognition had passed between them... not as if they had met before... but as if they had come close several times until finally an impatient Fate had forced their paths to intersect. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#love #romance #romance-novels #love

Perhaps that is what it means to be a father-to teach your child to live without you. ↗

— Nicole Krauss

#love

I've only just arrived, Kate. It may surprise you to learn that you were my top priority. ↗

— Trenton Lee Stewart

#father #love #love