#m

Her majesty is one verb short of a sentence. ↗

— Jasper Fforde

#insults #put-downs #humor

And I can imagine Farmer saying he doesn't care if no one else is willing to follow their example. He's still going to make these hikes, he'd insist, because if you say that seven hours is too long to walk for two families of patients, you're saying that their lives matter less than some others', and the idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that's wrong with the world. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

#family

Cruel blows of fate call for extreme kindness in the family circle. ↗

— Dodie Smith

#fate #family

Tragedy, he precieved, belonged to the ancient time, to a time when there were still privacy, love, and friendship, and when the members of a family stood by one another without needing to know the reason. ↗

— George Orwell

#friendship #love #tragedy #family

Families, can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em .. ↗

— Tate Hallaway

#family

People need space; families need air; love needs light. Like Mrs. Anastagio always said, ―You need enough rooms to love someone properly. ↗

— Damon Suede

#love #family

No. . .I mean, I'm sorry he. . .You know, said those things to you." "It's part of being a 'good' family. Everyone's got skeletons in their closet. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#lissa-dragomir #family

Family's not family unless it's totally messing you up. I'm pretty sure that's the point ↗

— Alexandra Bullen

#family

For those who confuse you, recognize that their confusion is theirs and your clarity is yours. ↗

— Barbara Marciniak

#confusion #family

Who's that new guy with the snooty accent who came out and talked to the police?" Evan persisted. "He looks like some kind of male model." "That's just my cousin Ian," Amy explained. "Not much of a family resemblance," Evan noted sourly. "He's like a twenty-fifth cousin, ten times removed." Evan was not satisfied. ↗

— Gordon Korman

#family