7,080 Quotes About Family

love was never enough tobe a protection, it keeps awayno devil or evil

I was just a girl with a strong will. A girl who told too many lies. How was I going to save us?

Those cotton dandelions wafting on the breeze, Are nothing but the immigrants passing through these trees. Spreading their wings, With all their might, To make their kids (seeds) enjoy their flight!

The vessel of my heart couldn't hold both my rage for my father and my love for my mother. Like glass subjected to heat and cold, I cracked.

Where Papi is always thinkingof how to save another dollar,I'm dreaming up a Sephora wish listto request for my next birthday.Mami stands in front of a stove for hours,& I would burn an untoasted sandwich.I am theirs. You can see them on me.But I am also all mine, mostly.

It's the people that make a home, not the place.

. . . family is a thing you have to put up with. You hope to respect them, even like them, but it’s better not to set the bar too high.

The emphasis on doing everything together, rather than on the individualistic 'I can do it myself, thank you,' creates strong bonds to family and community. Decisions are made within the group setting.

All she knew was that when she looked at him the string of her spirit vibrated in recognition. The way family, even transformed and unfamiliar, has the power to wring music from your bones.