127 Quotes by Nia Vardalos

The man may be the head of the household. But the woman is the neck, and she can turn the head whichever way she pleases.

Anyone who ever wondered how much they could love a child who did not spring from their own loins, know this: it is the same. The feeling of love is so profound, it's incredible and surprising.

I hold my daughter in my arms and thank God for bringing her to me. If the standard route for creating a family had worked for me, I wouldn't have met this child. I needed to know her. I needed to be her mother. I know now why all those events happened. Or didn't happen. So I could meet this little girl. She is, in every way, my daughter. I am carrying my Funny Gift from God and all is good.

Because now I know what I have been waiting for. I know exactly why the other processes didn't work. I know I was supposed to wait for this little girl.

I am so touched at how my family has embraced my situation. They don't even know this child, and they already love her.

A bonus in raising a child you don't have a biological tie to is you will never saddle them with watching their every move and declaring their musical talent as "that's from your dad's side".

My New Year's Resolution List usually starts with the desire to lose between ten and three thousand pounds.

I do recommend it for all girls, and boys, out there: put on a pair of fishnet stockings and find your inner sexiness!

What I wish I had, is that I wish I was a little more Greek, in that I wish I could lose my North American driven attitude and that I could be a little bit more poetic and laissez faire.