#other

There were times Ruma felt closer to her mother in death than she had in life, an intimacy born simply of thinking of her so often, of missing her. But she knew that this was an illusion, a mirage, and that the distance between them was now infinite, unyielding. ↗

— Jhumpa Lahiri

#mother #death

There's no bitch on earth like a mother frightened for her kids. ↗

— Stephen King

#mothers #kids

A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts. ↗

— Washington Irving

#heart

Kill me, little sister. Kill me and you kill Jace, too. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#jace-lightwood #sebastian-verlac #sister-and-brother #sisters

The eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#others #our #prisons #their #thoughts

Brothers in Art: a friendship so complete ↗

— Alfred Tennyson

#brotherhood #friendship #art

This is an old family secret, and I just found this out recently, and it almost broke my heart. My mother said to me, 'I had never told you this, but God, you were an ugly baby'. ↗

— John Stamos

#baby #broke #family #found #god

That's you," Wrath said. You shall be called the Black Dagger warrior Dhestroyer, descended of Wrath son of Wrath." "But you'll always be Butch to us," Rhage cut in. "As well as hard-ass. Smart-ass. Royal pain in the ass. You know, whatever the situation calls for. I think as long as there's an ASS in there, it'll be accurate." "How about bASStard?" Z suggested. "Nice. I feel that. ↗

— J.R. Ward

#fantasy #nicknames #paranormal #paranormal-romance #sobriquet

The career of motherhood and homemaking is beyond value and needs no justification. Its importance is incalculable. ↗

— Katherine Short

#homemaking #motherhood #career

I think that hate is a feeling that can only exist where there is no understanding. ↗

— Tennessee Williams

#understanding-others #youth