#ny

When sudden deforestation and depopulation occur together, that’s how you know a time-traveling lumberjack has crossed paths with his family tree. ↗

— Bauvard

#humor #lumberjacks #trees #family

The house had a name. The Banana House. It was carved onto a piece of sandstone above the front door. It made no sense to anyone. ↗

— Hilary McKay

#funny-and-random #house #family

I loved being in my own head so much, it was getting harder and harder being with other people. ↗

— Marian Keyes

#chick-lit #marian-keyes #family

...he was part of a family whether he wanted to be or not, the family of humanity, more often than not a frustrating and contentious clan, flawed and often deeply confused, but also periodically noble and admirable, with a common destiny that every member shared. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#family #humanity #family

Well, anything can happen and it happened to me. I learned everybody has a story. ↗

— Kevin Sorbo

#everybody #happen #happened #i #learned

By the time I'm nine I know the world is a dangerous place.  I've heard whispers about razorblades in apples, about Charlie Manson and his family.  But no one is offering any clear information. ↗

— Nick Flynn

#family

Much has been accomplished during the last year in the campaign against terrorism. This struggle will require vigilance, perseverance and sacrifice for many years to come. ↗

— Paul Cellucci

#against #been #campaign #come #during

There’s no need to pay your child’s hospital bills. When the state dissolves kinship ties, everyone will be covered under one family plan. ↗

— Bauvard

#humor #medical #socialism #welfare #family

Mothers do not have love affairs. Before their children they have dreams, and after their children they have delusions. If the father is involved somewhere, they have fantasies. ↗

— Bauvard

#family #fathers #funny #humor #love-affairs

Germans grew reluctant to stay in communal ski lodges, fearing they might talk in their sleep. They postponed surgeries because of the lip-loosening effects of anesthetic. Dreams reflected the ambient anxiety. One German dreamed that an SA man came to his home and opened the door to his oven, which then repeated every negative remark the household had made against the government. ↗

— Erik Larson

#fear #germany #nazis #paranoia #tension