#lies

We met less than a week ago and in that time I've done nothing but lie and cheat and betray you. I know. But if you give me a chance...all I want is to protect you. To be near you. For as long as I'm able. ↗

— Marissa Meyer

#chances #friendship #intstalove-done-right #lies #love

Christmas is a time for families. ↗

— Dorothy Koomson

#families #family

...workplace dynamics are no less complicated or unexpectedly intense than family relations, with only the added difficulty that whereas families are at least well-recognised and sanctioned loci for hysteria reminiscent of scenes from Medea, office life typically proceeds behind a mask of shallow cheerfulness, leaving workers grievously unprepared to handle the fury and sadness continually aroused by their colleagues. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#emotions #families #relationships #work #workplace

It was possible to love someone and hate him at the same time. ↗

— Jennifer Crusie

#love

Spiritual fathers have influence over the lives of individuals. Patriarchs have influence over families. The devil has been able to destroy families because there is a lack of spiritual fathers and patriarchs. ↗

— Sherry K. White

#fathers #kingdom-of-go #patriarchs #family

Even in good families a bad apple can begin an avalanche of troubles,' Dutch said as he sat back in his well-seasoned armchair, lighting his curved rustic pipe. From Book I, In Blood There is No Honor ↗

— Judith-Victoria Douglas

#honor #troubles #family

Modern families are complicated things. Siblings, half siblings, stepparents, stepcousins, what have you. You can't pick who you're born to, that's for sure. ↗

— Cherie Priest

#family

All the Kamals were fluent in irritation. They loved each other but were almost always annoyed by each other, in ways that were both generalised and existential (why is he like that?) and also highly specific (how hard is it to remember to put the top back on the yoghurt?). ↗

— John Lanchester

#irritation #love #relationships #family

Eine Familie, die keine schwarzen Schafe hat, ist keine charakteristische Familie." ("A family without a black sheep is not a typical family.") ↗

— Heinrich Böll

#families #family

Sleep, ladies. I will be your St. Florian." Tomaso ↗

— Eileen Granfors

#homelessness #uncle #wild-fire #family