7,080 Quotes About Family

He said: “You are my son.” And I began to sob. Perhaps this is the worst any closet does to us – it prevents us from hearing the words “I love you.” These were words my parents said to me, and I trusted the love, but not the “you.” The real me was hidden, so the “you” they loved was some other, better son. But when my father claimed me – This thing of darkness I acknowledge mine – I began to suspect that no matter what I was, he would be next to me, the silent economist stroking my hair.

People outgrow me,” he said, in the same blasé tone one might say, “That is a tall building.” He picked up a stick and chucked it into the water. “Everyone who ever loves me one day outgrows me.

It is a matter of economic wellbeing that most families be formed as mother, father, and children in a single-family household.

It is the role of a parent to stand in front of their children, and protect them even if their legs were to give out at any moment - Master Makarov

What terrible things would she say to me, would I say to her, that we take such great care not to say anything important at all?

That's what it is to care for a person," Toby said. There was not a hint of mocking in his voice. "If you're not afraid you're not doing it right.

Mon père ne m'a pas appris la langue des femmes de son peuple.

The blood of the Covenant runs thicker than the water of the womb

He’d say they looked similar with their angular jaws, ink black hair, and straight noses, but his cousin went and got douchebag all over his face.