#ily

I hurt with you. I bled with you - not only because we're bonded but because of the love I have for you. -- Eric Northman ↗

— Charlaine Harris

#sookie-stackhouse #sweet-talk #family

Never judge someone by their relatives. ↗

— Charles Martin

#family #past-history #relationships #family

I know family comes first, but shouldn't that mean after breakfast? ↗

— Jeff Lindsay

#family #family

And you're everything I don't want." Julie pushed away, breaking his embrace, and shook her head. "If you loved me, you couldn't have done this. You couldn't have been so careless with me. You know pain, and loss, and hurt better than anyone." She hated each word as it came out of her mouth. "And that's what you gave me. I know that it's not the same. I know yours is worse. I'm so sorry for you, Matt. For your whole family. You've all been through hell. And you've been braver than anyone could. But I hurt now, too. And I can't love you. ↗

— Jessica Park

#family

Eternity has a way of letting us all grow up. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#love #sisters #unrequited-love #family

Then Henry speaks again. "Did he do it?" I turn to him slowly. "Does it matter? ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#life #love #family

If there were people become a real threat to my family, then I would stop them from doing so in anyway I could. ↗

— Toba Beta

#family-man #stop-the-threat #family

In the world of the Bible, one’s identity and one’s vocation are all bound up in who one’s father is. Men are called “son of” all of their lives (for instance, “the sons of Zebedee” or “Joshua, the son of Nun”). There are no guidance counselors in ancient Canaan or first-century Capernaum, helping “teenagers” decide what they want “to be” when they “grow up.” A young man watches his father, learns from him, and follows in his vocational steps. This is why “the sons of Zebedee” are right there with their father when Jesus finds them, “in their boat mending the nets” (Mark 1:19-20). The inheritance was the engine of survival, passed from father to son, an economic pact between generations. To lose one’s inheritance was to pilfer for survival, to become someone’s slave. ↗

— Russell Moore

#heritage #inheritance #family

Be as successful as a Smith. ↗

— Gregory C Dugger

#family #goals #motivational #success #work-ethic

Sometimes we intentionally blind ourselves. We find poor substitutes for the things we lack: friends, family, love. And that substitute becomes almost addictive, to the point where we continue to try to turn it into the real thing, or convince ourselves it’s better than having nothing in its stead. But, Kitty, when you do find the real thing, you’ll wonder why you ever settled for anything less. ↗

— Caitlin Elyse

#heaven-prays-hell-preys #immortal-wars #family