#ling

All the homeschooling parents I know meet on a regular basis with other families. They organize field trips, cooking classes, reading clubs and Scout troops. Their children tend to be happy, confident and socially engaged. ↗

— Quinn Cummings

#family

It is no wonder that Satan hates the family and has hurled his venom against it in the form of Communism. ↗

— William R. Bowen

#communism #family #homeschooling #satan #family

Little boy and little girl.I don't know how old. Sweetest family in the world, of you listen to the old folks around here." Xander was stunned. "And nobody knows what happened to them?" "Some say they high-tailed it to Europe." She raised her eyebrows at him. "Most believe he took them somewhere and killed them. Then took his own life." Dad forced a smile. "Just old rumors," he said. ↗

— Robert Liparulo

#life #xander #family

Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is. ↗

— Iris Murdoch

#chiefly #falling #forgetting #how #love

counselling winnipeg , Dr. Esses has been a private practioner in Winnipeg since 1988 doing psychotherapy with individuals, couples and families in addition to acting as a consultant to varioius organizations in the city. ↗

— counselling winnipeg

#family

Whoa, that's the kind of little sister I can dig!" said Edison. "Yes, we're all alike," I said. "We cover for you, we lie for you, we take the heat for you. We clean up your messes and mollify our parents for you. We never fail to come across with undying adoration, whether or not you deserve it, and we can't take our lives as seriously as yours. We snuffle up the crumbs from your table on the rare occasions you notice we're alive. ↗

— Lionel Shriver

#family-relationships #sibling-relationships #siblings #sisters #family

They had discovered one could grow as hungry for light as for food. ↗

— Stephen King

#chambers #dark-tower #deschain #gunslinger #hunger

If I'm an advocate for anything, it's to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. The extent to which you can walk in someone else's shoes or at least eat their food, it's a plus for everybody. Open your mind, get up off the couch, move. ↗

— Anthony Bourdain

#travel #travelling #food

A plate of roast duck, steamed dumplings, spicy noodles with beef gravy, pickled cucumbers, stewed tongue and eggs if you have them, cold please, and sticky rice pearls, too,' Ai Ling said, before the server girl could open her mouth. "I don't know what he wants." Ai Ling nodded toward Chen Yong. 'I'm not sure I have enough coins to order anything more,' he said, laughing. ↗

— Cindy Pon

#chen-yong #food #food

Anisette! You will eat your food, not demonstrate aerial warfare across the table with it. ↗

— T.A. Miles

#food #manners #nathaine-fannael #siblings #food