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To be surrounded by sixty people who make your life miserable is to be at a family reunion. But to be surrounded by 600,000 people who make the whole world miserable is to live in Washington DC. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#corruption #family #family-reunion #miserable #misery

...; Clary saw the group of lycanthropes look up, alert as a group of hunting dogs senting game. She turned- And saw Luke, tired and bloodstained, coming through the double doors of the Hall. She ran toward him. Forgetting how upset she'd been when he'd left, and forgetting how angry he'd been with her for bringing them here, forgetting everything but how glad she was to see him. He looked surprised for a moment as she barreled toward him- then he smiled, and put his arms out, and picked her up as he hugged her, the way he'd done when she'd been very small. He smelled like blood and flannel and smoke, and for a moment she closed her eyes, thinking of the way Alec had grabbed onto Jace the moment he'd seen him in the Hall, because that was what you did with family when you'd been worried about them, you grabbed them and held on to them and told them how much they'd pissed you off, and it was okay, becaused no matter how angry you got, they still belonged to you. And what she had said to Valentine was true. Luke was her family. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#family #mortal-instruments #valentine #family

Flea stared at us, "I can't decide what's worse. Losing family members or not having a family member to lose. ↗

— Maria V. Snyder

#flea #maria-v-snyder #touch-of-power #family

Marriage isn't about Winning - It's about Lasting ↗

— Mark Gorman

#family #god #inspirational #love #marriage

The rule of the Morrell family was over, and Richard owned a used-car lot and Monica worked at a nail salon, until one day she got run over by a bus. Very sad. ↗

— Rachel Caine

#monica-morrell #morganville #family

I’m proud of you, son,” he said. “I guess it has finally sunk in that it’s important to stand up for yourself in this world.” Rocky shook his head. “It’s more important to stand up for someone who can’t stand up for herself,” he had answered. Rocky Ryan speaking with his father. ↗

— Karen Mueller Coombs

#bullying #family-relationships #girls-who-bully #music #sibling-relationships

I shake my head. "Remember, Mother. There are no mistakes." She smiles through her tears, leaning in to kiss my cheek "No mistakes, my angel. ↗

— Michelle Zink

#love #mistakes #family

Yet I am stuck in the idea of romance, a dreamer; I want to actually fall in love with a man, then marry him ↗

— Ottilie Weber

#fall-in-love #idea #love #marry #romance

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

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