#in

But I don't think she ever figured on raising a son by herself. Her family was supposed to form a circle. Now we walk around like a photograph that my dad's been cut out of. ↗

— Kendare Blake

#family

It’s easier to spew hatred, but actually watching yourself doing it is a whole different story. ↗

— Imani Wisdom

#inspirational #romance-love #suspense #family

As long as your name is NOT Jesus,I CAN live without you ↗

— Roezeay Dube

#love #moving-on #relationships #romance #friendship

What is time to a water rat? What is time to the river? Only we humans obsess over days and minutes, hours and seasons. ↗

— Matthew Goldman

#love

And yes, the Hemingways, the Fitzgeralds, the Faulkners and the Capotes. Drank while writing. Drink next to the typewriter. But the longer I lived in Brooklyn, the more writers I met, and I guess I was just too drunk to put it together before but now I realized about half of them were sober. So you could be a writer and be sober. Very interesting ↗

— Jeanne Darst

#writing #family

My family stood right in front of me, talking and smiling. I felt like I was viewing one of those cheesy ad shots for camera companies. The ones I looked at and thought, fake, because no one's family ever looked that happy. Yet, the perfect family moment bloomed right before my eyes, and I wasn't a part of it. ↗

— Elizabeth Morgan

#elizabeth-morgan #stepping-stones #sweet-romance #family

Her hands flew to her mouth. 'Are we even twins?' Josh rested his hand on her shoulder and brought his forehead to rest against hers, strands of their blond hair mingling. 'I will always be your brother, Sophie. I will always look after you. ↗

— Michael Scott

#family-love #loyalty #protection #siblings #twins

When one person gets cancer, the whole family gets cancer. ↗

— Shirley Corder

#inspirational #family

Listening over and over to the voices through a family of instruments allowed us to recognize and appreciate the dignity and uniqueness of each living thing in the meadow and forest. ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#listening #music #peter-the-wolf #story #voice

The innocence of such children doesn't answer our deepest questions about this vale of tears to which we are condemned, but it helps to dispel them. That is the secret to family life. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#family #innocence #family