It is dismal coming home, when there is nobody to welcome one! —Ann Radcliffe More about this quote Tags: family Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I can't think of anything to write about except families. They are a metaphor for every other part of society. —Anna Quindlen More about this quote Tags: family Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
They say that blood is thicker than water. Maybe that's why we battle our own with more energy and gusto than we would ever expend on strangers. —David Assael More about this quote Tags: family Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Caregiver: that word should weigh more than others on a page, sag it down a bit and wrinkle it, because the simple-sounding job frazzles as it consumes and depletes. Not that it's only gloomy. Caregiving offers many fringe benefits, including the sheer sensory delight of nourishing and grooming, sharing, and playing. There's something uniquely fulfilling about being a lodestar, feeling so deeply needed, and it's fun finding creative ways to gladden a loved one's life. But caregiving does buttonhole you; you're stitched in one place. —Diane Ackerman More about this quote Tags: family Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We al have family disfunction. It's why we're successful, to fill that hole. —George Bernard Shaw More about this quote Tags: family Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Losing a baby is not a thing that you could ever get used to. —Jane Howard More about this quote Tags: family Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. —Ogden Nash More about this quote Tags: family Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If you ever start feeling like you have the goofiest, craziest, most dysfunctional family in the world, all you have to do is go to a state fair. Because five minutes at the fair, you'll be going, 'you know, we're alright. We are dang near royalty. —Trey Parker and Matt Stone More about this quote Tags: family Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. —Trey Parker and Matt Stone More about this quote Tags: family Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold. —Unknown More about this quote Tags: family Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
No matter where you live, brothers are brothers and sisters are sisters. The bonds that keep family close are the same no matter where you are. —Unknown More about this quote Tags: family Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Family isn't about whose blood you have. It's about who you care about. —Unknown More about this quote Tags: family Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I think people that have a brother or sister don't realize how lucky they are. Sure, they fight a lot, but to know that there's always somebody there, somebody that's family. —Unknown More about this quote Tags: family Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The most important thing in the world is family and love. —John Wooden More about this quote Tags: love family Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A family's not the people that you were born to. A family's who you choose to love. —Melanie Shawn in Forever Us More about this quote Tags: love friendship family Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email