#grandparents

I'd experienced the '40s and '50s by looking at my grandparents' old clothes, books, and magazines. ↗

— Christian Lacroix

#clothes #experienced #grandparents #i #looking

My grandparents told endless stories about the town they were from. It became an almost mythic place. ↗

— Vincent Schiavelli

#almost #became #endless #grandparents #mythic

Maybe there is no actual place called hell. Maybe hell is just having to listen to our grandparents breathe through their noses when they're eating sandwiches. ↗

— Jim Carrey

#actual #breathe #called #eating #grandparents

I enjoyed my grandparents very much. My mother and father would always allow me to stay with them. ↗

— Dominic Chianese

#always #enjoyed #father #grandparents #i

I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed. ↗

— Ralph Ellison

#ashamed #been #being #grandparents #having

One curious thing about growing up is that you don't only move forward in time; you move backwards as well, as pieces of your parents' and grandparents' lives come to you. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#backwards #come #curious #forward #grandparents

I’m not trying to—What do teenagers say nowadays?” he asked my grandmother.“Get all up in her biznez,” Nana said.Without cracking a smile.“That’s right,” he replied. “We’re not trying to get all up in your biznez, Ali. ↗

— Gena Showalter

#grandparents #teenage-slang #funny

You ought to be ashamed of yourself, running around, not married, staying out all night. Ashamed!" "Ashamed!" my grandmother echoed. Good to know they still agreed on things after forty-three years of marriage. ↗

— Jeaniene Frost

#grandparents #marriage

I miss him still today: his long, whiskery eyebrows, his huge hands and hugs, his warmth, his prayers, his stories, but above all his shining example of how to live and how to die. ↗

— Bear Grylls

#inspirational #inspirational

Grandparents who want to be truly helpful will do well to keep their mouths shut and their opinions to themselves until these are requested. ↗

— T. Berry Brazelton

#helpful #keep #mouths #opinions #requested