7,080 Quotes About Family

I believe in love.

Others hide from being real by filling the air with words; the more words they throw out, the less actual communication happens and they are left with only an illusion of connection. This is the intimacy they so ardently seek but with these coping skills find so elusive.

Putting labels on others creates a black hole of disregard where judgment thrives and schisms deepen.

He may be my half brother, but we're not related. A chasm of incommunicable worlds lies between us.

So what do we do?""We do what all families do. Grin, bear it, and pass the mashed potatoes.

I know what you mean", she said. "Families can seem so normal and boring from the inside that you don't know you're different until someone else makes you feel different.

To all my readers. I don't need my daughter's okay to do anything. I was a writer before she was my daughter. The CRANK books were inspired by my desire to keep others from following in her path, but they are FICTION. And seriously, WTF do I need her permission for? Are you effing kidding me? I'm her MOTHER.

Behind every dreamer stands an army full of true believers.

The longing of every heart is to be loved.