#or

I hold the world speed record downhill, in a Rover. I think it was 17 kilometers per hour, downhill. ↗

— Gene Cernan

#hold #hour #i #i think #per

I don't really know them, but I know this: they're just like your kids were. Or are. Sweet, trusting, good in ways we adults hardly even remember. We have to look out for them. Not because of the tattoos, or in spite of them, but because they're kids and we're supposed to look out for kids. ↗

— Sabrina Vourvoulias

#family #orphans #family

And we all know how ladies get minks . . .” Popsy and Sandra chorused the answer together. “The same way minks get minks! ↗

— Suzy Duffy

#family #humor #romance #family

A woman without a past is like a fruitcake without brandy—insipid!” Aunt Augusta in Aunt Dimity and the Family Tree. ↗

— Nancy Atherton.

#past #woman #family

In the same way that the stewards of the Titanic were more concerned about the unemptied ashtrays on the bar than the enormous hole in the side of the ship which was letting in zillions of gallons of water, I too was worrying about the unimportant and ignoring the vital. ↗

— Marian Keyes

#worrying #family

The world, we'd discovered, doesn't love you like your family loves you. ↗

— Louis Zamperini

#inspiring #love #world #family

Nona was as wacky as they came. ↗

— Holly Hood

#humor #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

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