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Caleb offered me a family, but you offered me something worth so much more: myself. ↗

— Bree Despain

#caleb-kalbi #nathan-talbot #the-dark-divine #the-lost-saint #family

The soldier had stamped my passport FAMILY in heavy black capital letters and I checked it now for reassurance and because I liked how fierce the word looked ↗

— Meg Rosoff

#family

The men my family threw me at were strong and powerful. I could kill this boy with a teaspoon, and for some reason that made me feel comfortable. ↗

— Kaylynne Spauls

#family

Perhaps one day, all these conflicts will end, and it won't be because of great statesmen or churches or organisations like this one. It'll be because people have changed. They'll be like you, Puffin. More a mixture. So why not become a mongrel? It's healthy. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#conflict #enlightenment #family #harmony #idealism

Don't even try to make this into something weird, Lori. We grew up in the same place, so get over your complex. Unless, of course, this is part of your fantasy. The asshole rich boy and the noble girl from the poor family." "F*ck off," she growled. ↗

— Victoria Dahl

#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

For a long time, I tried to make my ilfe work, to make our family work. I got tired, though. Five children wears you out until the only thing left inside you, the only thing you've got to give, is a memory of what you thought you'd be. ↗

— Amy Franklin-Willis

#family

A dam doesn't try to reason with the water. Its main purpose is to hold it still for a while. When I lecture my kids I'm doing much the same thing. I'm not trying to necessarily reason with them, just hold them still for a short while. ↗

— Spuds Crawford

#humor #parenting #family

It's not about blood," says Lucius. "It's about who you share your life with. Where you feel you really belong. ↗

— Emma Cameron

#blood #family #share-your-life #family

The boughs, without becoming detached from the trunk grow away from it. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#family