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Families Quotes (page 29)

We live together, we act on, and react to, one another; but always and in all circumstances we are by ourselves. The martyrs go hand in hand into the arena; they are crucified alone. Embraced, the lovers desperately try to fuse their insulated ecstasies into a single self-transcendence; in vain. By its very nature every embodied spirit is doomed to suffer and enjoy in solitude. Sensations, feelings, insights, fancies—all these are private and, except through symbols and at second hand,... Aldous Huxley
My mother saw in 'Gone With the Wind' the text of liberating herself, ... She took 'Gone With the Wind' as the central book in her life, and made it the central book in her family. Pat Conroy
There are four pillars to a happy marriage: respect one another as individuals; (give) soft answers; (practice)financial honesty; (conduct) family prayer. Gordon B. Hinckley
It is the act of reading itself that I miss, the opportunity to retreat further and further from the world until I have found some space, some air that isn't stale, that hasn't been breathed by my family a thousand times already. Nick Hornby
Will Rogers quote: "Lead your life so you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family..."
Lead your life so you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip. Will Rogers
.. I suffered with you. I hurt with you. I bled with you -not only because we're bonded, but because the love I have for you." ~ Eric Northman in Dead in The Family. Charlaine Harris
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "Your own family resemblances are a frustrating code, most..."
Your own family resemblances are a frustrating code, most easily read by those who know you least. Barbara Kingsolver
This was not a good idea coming home for Christmas. I'm too old. Years ago, coming back from schools or trips, I always expected some sort of new perspective or fresh insight about the family on returning. That doesn't happen anymore-the days of revelation about my parents, at least, are over... its time to move on. I think we'd all appreciate that. Doug Coupland
Dodie Smith quote: "Cruel blows of fate call for extreme kindness in the family..."
Cruel blows of fate call for extreme kindness in the family circle. Dodie Smith
The Christians are right: it is Pride which has been the chief cause of misery in every nation and every family since the world began. C. S. Lewis
There are times when you don't belong and you think you're going to kill yourself. Once I went to a hotel. Later that night I made a plan. The plan was I would leave my family when my second child was born. And that's what I did. I got up one morning, made breakfast, went to the bus stop, got on a bus. I'd left a note. I got a job in a library in Canada. It would be wonderful to say you regretted it. It would be easy. But what does it mean? What does it mean to regret when you have no choice?... Michael Cunningham
Edwidge Danticat quote: "The women in your family have never lost touch with one..."
The women in your family have never lost touch with one another. Death is a path we take to meet on the other side. Edwidge Danticat
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. Jodi Picoult
Forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly. The hard truth is that all people love poorly. We need to forgive and be forgiven every day, every hour increasingly. That is the great work of love among the fellowship of the weak that is the human family. Henri Nouwen
Our young people think about nothing more than love affairs and pleasure. They spend more time attempting to seduce and dishonor young women than in thinking about their country's welfare. Our women, in order to take care of the house and family of God, forget their own. Our men limit their activities to vice and their heroics to shameful acts. Children wake up in a fog of routine, adolescents live out their best years without ideals, and their elders are sterile, and only serve to corrupt... Jose Rizal

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