#grand

Everything necessary to understand my grandfather lies between two stories: the story of the tiger’s wife, and the story of the deathless man. These stories run like secret rivers through all the other stories of his life – of my grandfather’s days in the army; his great love for my grandmother; the years he spent as a surgeon and a tyrant of the University. One, which I learned after his death, is the story of how my grandfather became a man; the other, which he told to me, is of how he became a child again. ↗

— Téa Obreht

#stories #death

In the nineteenth century the more grandiose word inspiration began to replace the word idea in the arts. ↗

— Lukas Foss

#began #century #grandiose #idea #inspiration

When I love, I do it without counting. I give myself entirely. And each time, it is the grand love of my life. ↗

— Brigitte Bardot

#each #entirely #give #grand #i

I guess if you're lucky enough not to have to pay your rent, then you or I take much more seriously the kind of work that I do, what it takes for me to leave two teenagers of my own and six stepchildren and a husband and four grandchildren. ↗

— Ellen Barkin

#four #grandchildren #guess #husband #i

Country music is still your grandpa's music, but it's also your daughter's music. It's getting bigger and better all the time and I'm glad to be a part of it. ↗

— Shania Twain

#better #bigger #country #country music #daughter

In swimming, everyone calls me grandma, because I'm the oldest there. Then with my friends, I'm the youngest and I'm the baby. It's definitely bizarre. ↗

— Amanda Beard

#because #bizarre #calls #definitely #everyone

I do prefer the stage. It's really the granddaddy of them all. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

#i #i do #prefer #really #stage

I don't mind being a grandfather; I've been a mother for so many years. You just can't believe what it's like being a father. Especially when you come out of the chaos of the road to getting married and having children. ↗

— Steven Tyler

#being #believe #chaos #children #come

I was literally the black sheep of the family, and there were definitely moments of discomfort while my grandmother was working through her racism. ↗

— Lisa Bonet

#black sheep #definitely #discomfort #family #grandmother

Our house was always full of grandparents and aunts and uncles and cousins. ↗

— Bryan Clay

#aunts #cousins #full #grandparents #house