7,080 Quotes About Family

We would rather hold our stance and defend our case. We often want to be right and we often want to get our way, and being loving or kind makes us seem soft and gives the other person the belief that we can be walked over and trodden upon. We never want to be taken for granted nor abused, so we generally fight back, consequently pushing away our partner instead of moving towards them.

You cannot destroy a family. Even if you try. Even through war. Some part of them always remains.

If you are way more successful than your sibling, you will come out as patronizing no matter what you do for them. They feel overshadowed by you. They may make friends who are not good from your perspective. To make them feel equal, you must accept their friend circle. Or just completely separate from them and let them live their life their own way.

he feels like he's stepped into another version of his life--not ahead, or behind, but sideways. One where his sister looks up to him and his brother doesn't look down, where his parents are proud, and all the judgment has been sucked out of the air like smoke vented from a fire. He didn't realize how much connective tissue was made up of guilt. Without the weight of it, he feels dizzy and light.Euphoric.

Conversations are like movies. There has to be a villain to make them interesting. Often it’s difficult to find a safe, distant and common villain. Our desire to have a conversation is so strong that we end up making someone close to us a villain.“Mom, your favourite child did this.” “Dear husband, your mother did this.” “Son, your wife did this.” These are just attempts of a human mind to do an interesting conversation but they end up in a full fledged drama at home.

When you hurt, I hurt all the same,blood is only blood, and a name just a name.

Your mother buried me a long time ago and believed me when I say that I cried and still cry for this death every day.

Your friend is your friend but your neighbour is your nearest family.

Destroying family and its values by devaluing the currency and forcing both parents to work to pay bills and spending less time with their children will create a system where everyone will depend more on government and less on family. Welcome to modern day America!