Family Quotes - Page 4

The morning was brisk and the coffee was hot and roasted with little gurgles in the room. Rosie hadn’t moved, but she let out a tiny snore every now and again that made everything perfect.

I come from a long line of miserable people.

It's all about quality of life and finding a happy balance between work and friends and family.

We all fight for money, some for power, but most of all for love. But me, I fight to become a champion.

Words can't fix my life.
Words can't give me a family.
Words can't do jack.
You may be a teacher, Ms. Leone, but face it: You don't know squat.

All the kids with fancy shoes or clothes, do you know what I got with a family of nine? When ever we said let's play poker, we had a full team of adults right there.

I love family reunions. Maybe next year we could pass out samurai swords.

Some things in life are certain; death, taxes, and that your family will piss you off.

When an American family becomes separated from its toothbrushes and combs and pajamas for a few hours it considers that it has had quite an adventure.

This is part of what a family is about, not just love. It's knowing that your family will be there watching out for you. Nothing else will give you that. Not money. Not fame. Not work.

I'll be your family now," he says.
"I love you," I say. (....)
He stares at me. I wait with my hands clutching his arms for stability as he considers his response.
He frowns at me. "Say it again."
"Tobias," I say, "I love you.

My mother used to tell me that when push comes to shove, you always know who to turn to. That being a family isn't a social construct but an instinct.

Those whom we most love are often the most alien to us.

Traveling in the company of those we love is home in motion.

With friends, if you keep making an effort to reach out and you keep getting hurt, you eventually stop trying. But it's much harder to give up on family. Somewhere deep down you want it to work so badly that you keep making the same mistake over and over again.

When I walk, I walk with you. Where I go, you're with me always.

The knowledge that she would never be loved in return acted upon her ideas as a tide acts upon cliffs.

So much of what is best in us is bound up in our love of family, that it remains the measure of our stability because it measures our sense of loyalty.

Scrubbing the floor when no one else wanted to was something that my mother would have done. If I can't be with her, the least I can do is act like her sometimes.

If you didn't feel like your support system was strong enough, then getting yourself out of the situation was the best thing to do