#ily

My mother used to tell me that when push comes to shove, you always know who to turn to. That being a family isn't a social construct but an instinct. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#family #love #faith

Claim whatever you want. Say you only want a happy family or a successful career or a big house. I say: no, that's not what you want. You'll settle for those things, but you really want a monkey that does your evil bidding. Pullman is a genius just for this. ↗

— Maureen Johnson

#humor #monkeys #family

I’m very close to my dad. He’s about six inches away right now and snoring in my ears. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#family #funny #humor #relationships #family

Obviously, if I was serious about having a relationship with some one long-term, the last people I would introduce him to would be my family. ↗

— Chelsea Handler

#family

A dysfunctional family is any family with more than one person in it. ↗

— Mary Karr

#humor #family

I couldn’t be with people and I didn’t want to be alone. Suddenly my perspective whooshed and I was far out in space, watching the world. I could see millions and millions of people, all slotted into their lives; then I could see me—I’d lost my place in the universe. It had closed up and there was nowhere for me to be. I was more lost than I had known it was possible for any human being to be. ↗

— Marian Keyes

#loneliness #sadness #family

While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about. ↗

— Angela Schwindt

#family #life #family

I sprung you because I've got a message for you" "doesn't your family own a cell phone company?" "only a little one ↗

— Ally Carter

#hilarious #family

That's why I loved being with you. We could do the simplest things, like toss starfish into the ocean and share a burger and talk and even then I knew that I was fortunate. Because you were the first guy who wasn't constantly trying to impress me. You accepted who you were, but more than that, you accepted me for me. And nothing else mattered-- not my family or your family or anyone else in the world. It was just us. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#relationships #the-best-of-me #family

Sticking with your family is what makes it a family. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#family