#ily

My dear young cousin, if there's one thing I've learned over the eons, it's that you can't give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#family

Together in our house, in the firelight, we are the world made small. ↗

— Jennifer Donnelly

#family

He has eyes so expressive they give a hint to more than what he portrays. He’s dedicated to his friends, family, and even his motorcyle. He touched me as if I were made of glass. He kissed me as if he’d savor it for the rest of his life. ↗

— Simone Elkeles

#chapter- #family

When we grow up," she said, "we'll have amazing families. Our dens will be better than this. Your kids and my kids will play together in a humongous room with every kind of toy and game." "Except I won't have kids," Dan said. "I'll come over myself and play... ↗

— Peter Lerangis

#family

There is a rustle of dead leaves. Dried sap, a branch crack, the whirring teeth of Mr. Omaru's saw. My father--my real father--is a limb that got axed off the family tree a long time ago now. My mother coughs and cleans phantom juices off her silver with a cloth doily. My sisters clench their knives. ↗

— Karen Russell

#family

When a new baby is expected mother has 9 months to prepare the family and the kitchen for her departure! ↗

— Nursing Mothers' Association of Australia

#family

So that's how you're going to fix the family problem. Little Dragomirs. Good idea. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#page- #family

In every state of the Union, Fundamentalists still fight to ban all the science they dislike and prosecute all who teach it. To them, 'traditional family values' denotes their right to keep their children as ignorant as their grandparents (and to hate the same folks grand-dad hated.) ↗

— Robert Anton Wilson

#family

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; be kind anyway. If you are successful, you will win some false friends and true enemies; succeed anyway. If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; be honest and frank anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous; be happy anyway. The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; do good anyway… You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God; it was never between you and them anyway. ↗

— Mother Teresa

#christian-behavior #inspirational #life-lessons #inspirational