#ily

Our society is so fragmented, our family lives so sundered by physical and emotional distance, our friendships so sporadic, our intimacies so 'in-between' things and often so utilitarian, that there are few places where we can feel truly safe. ↗

— Henri J.M. Nouwen

#brokenness #despair #isolation #loneliness #society

Every relationship that has hit a crossroads has asked, “What is it that you want from me? ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#boyfriend #break-ups #crossroads #divorce #family

Well, honey, once you've been head-over-heels in love with somebody, you don't go back to being 'friends'. It doesn't work that way. - Megan's Dad ↗

— Lauren Baker

#friendship #love #relationships #sweet #family

There are different kinds of love, Sarah. I feel one kind of love for your father. A special kind. Another kind for Warren. And still a different kind for you children.' She smiled at me. 'Heaven rue the day we can't feel love for one another. I wouldn't want to live in such a world, would you? ↗

— Ann Rinaldi

#friendship #love #family

Oh, come now, Manon,” Ilyse laughed, “It’s my job to liven things up a bit, too. I can’t let you and your dimples have all the fun. ↗

— Melika Dannese Lux

#friendship #humor #ilyse-charpentier #teasing #friendship

Love between women could take on a new shape in the late nineteenth century because the feminist movement succeeded both in opening new jobs for women, which would allow them independence, and in creating a support group so that they would not feel isolated and outcast when they claimed their independence. … The wistful desire of Clarissa Harlowe’s friend, Miss Howe, “How charmingly might you and I live together,” in the eighteenth century could be realised in the last decades of the nineteenth century. If Clarissa Harlowe had lived about a hundred and fifty years later, she could have gotten a job that would have been appropriate for a woman of her class. With the power given to her by independence and the consciousness of a support group, Clarissa as a New Woman might have turned her back on both her family and Lovelace, and gone to live “charmingly” with Miss Howe. Many women did. ↗

— Lillian Faderman

#women #family

You're the one who is weak. You will never know love or friendship. And I feel sorry for you. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#friendship #love #family

There were no windows in my bedroom, so I had to sit up and read my clock to figure out how angry I should be at my visitor. Eight A.M. I hated whoever woke me up. Had they come an hour earlier, I would have also hated their families and any household pets. ↗

— Lish McBride

#humor #family

If a person is mean to their family but polite to complete strangers, they shouldn’t go to extended family reunions – until they’ve mastered the diplomacy of sarcasm. ↗

— Bauvard

#funny #humor #family

Well, remember, active Grims can't have children. Fertility is adversley affected by the proximity to the ether, to Elixir, and all sorts of other components-- plus, the Grimsphere is no place to raise a family, even if woman conceive here." Lex snuck a glance at Driggs, but Uncle Mort caught her. "That doesn't mean you get a free pass to ride the baloney pony when ever you want to. Got it? ↗

— Gina Damico

#funny #sexual #family