#ily

The family landed in the Western Hemisphere in the person of Roger Blake Wolfe, who arrived with a price on his head. ↗

— James Carlos Blake

#first-sentence #fugitive #family

Duty comes in many forms; at times duty to country may conflict with duty to family. Yet, with a lucid mind the guises can be torn away and in the end, duty becomes but one, and that duty is to value justice above everything--to do what is right not because someone ordains it, but because the heart which is the seat of truth decrees it so. ↗

— F. Sionil José

#filipiniana #heroism #justice #philippines #family

Maybe that's what living in America does to you: it spreads you into far distances until you're just little bits rolling apart. ↗

— Marina Budhos

#family #immigration #family

It was an oddly satisfying idea to feel bereft as I left my mother this time. We only feel bereft when we’re deprived of something meaningful. ↗

— Laura Anderson Kurk

#family #glass-girl #grief #laura-anderson-kurk #meg-kavanagh

The passive and overt violence waged against the women and children of the world must end. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#gender-inequality #violence #family

I know. You know I know. I know you know I know, we know that Henry knows and Henry knows we know it. We're a knowledgeable family. ↗

— James Goldman

#family

Writing is a pleasure but family is a blessing! ↗

— Prentiss Grant

#mystery #thrillers #family

I stop to brace myself against the walls, which are painted with the fingerprints of family. from "Lizzie After the War" by www.nancybbrewer.com ↗

— Nancy B. Brewer

#historical-fiction #historical-romance #family

I like your mama,' Trena tells me. 'She seems like good people.' 'Smile!' my mom calls to me from across the room, and I look at her and smile. Because she is good people. And she means well, even if she does drive me crazy. ↗

— Frances O'Roark Dowell

#good #mom #family

Ich will meine Familie nicht verlieren. Immerhin gehöre ich ja dazu. Was bin ich ohne sie? Ein Stück? Ein Teil? Muss jeder Mensch einmal ohne Familie sein, um ein Mensch zu werden? ↗

— Benjamin Lebert

#family #family