#ily

From the moment I saw you it has only been you Sabrina, and it will only ever be you. ↗

— Ella Fox

#family

Our own front door can be a wonderful thing, or a sight we dread; rarely is it only a door. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#happiness #sadness #family

Since that night I have come to understand that sometimes the best families of all are those we create ourselves, the people we choose to be with. ↗

— Silas House

#families #family #family

There were many things they simply didn't talk about: between them, silence was not so much a form of evasion as a way for solitary people to exist in a family. ↗

— Nicole Krauss

#family

Buddha says there are two kinds of suffering: the kind that leads to more suffering and the kind that brings an end to suffering. ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#suffering #family

I pray to the birds because they remind me of what I love rather than what I fear. And at the end of my prayers, they teach me how to listen. ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#prayer #family

It had not seemed to matter that Rose was only eight years old. "More than eight," said Rose. "Nearly nine." "Darling Rose, even almost nearly nine-year-old's don't fall in love," said forgetful Caddy. Caddy tried very hard to comfort Rose when Tom had left. It was not an easy job. It was like trying to comfort a small, unhappy tiger. "Who said anything about falling in love?" growled Rose crossly. "Falling! Falling is by accident! I didn't fall in anything!" "Oh. Right. Sorry, Posy Rose." "And I am definitely not in love! ↗

— Hilary McKay

#families #love #realistic-fiction #family

Even when a girl is married she still never completely leaves her mother and father's home. ↗

— Anna Godbersen

#marriage #family

Were you aware that my sister looks like my brother? They both look nonexistent. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#awareness #brother #family #nonexistent #sister

I think that is the very definition of a family: a group of individuals, bound by the essence of love, who share a life together and yet maintain their unique individuality. ↗

— Kathy Magliato

#individuality #love #unique #family