#ya

You can always count on your family to love you. And to betray you. And then to feel guilty about it. ↗

— Holly Black

#betrayal #family #guilt #guilty #love

Here's to real heroes, not the ones who carry us off into the sunset but the ones who help us choose our princes." - commentary on Castles on the Sand ↗

— Emily Mah Tippetts

#brothers #castles-on-the-sand #fairytale #family #hero

Rudy handed it back. "Speaking of which, I think we're both slightly in for it when we get home. You especially." "Why me?" "You know- your mama." "What about her?" Liesel was exercising the blatant right of every person who's ever belonged to a family. It's all very well for such a person to whine and moan and criticize other family members, but they won't let anyone else do it. That's when you get your back up and show loyalty. ↗

— Markus Zusak

#family

We met less than a week ago and in that time I've done nothing but lie and cheat and betray you. I know. But if you give me a chance...all I want is to protect you. To be near you. For as long as I'm able. ↗

— Marissa Meyer

#chances #friendship #intstalove-done-right #lies #love

Tragic tales rarely do make sense. ↗

— Gwenn Wright

#gothic #gwenn-wright #mystery #sadness #tragedy

Friendship's enemy is betrayal. ↗

— Toba Beta

#enemy #friendship #friendship

Dango, dango, dango, dango. Big dango family. ↗

— Nagisa Furukawa

#family

The laws of genetics apply even if you refuse to learn them. ↗

— Allison Plowden

#hemophilia #royal-family #family

Then you should have died! Died, rather than betray your friends, as we would have done for you! ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#friendship #love #friendship

It was an oddly satisfying idea to feel bereft as I left my mother this time. We only feel bereft when we’re deprived of something meaningful. ↗

— Laura Anderson Kurk

#family #glass-girl #grief #laura-anderson-kurk #meg-kavanagh