Quotes on “family”

You need to make time for your family no matter what happens in your life

You can measure the happiness of a marriage by the number of scars that each partner carries on their tongues, earned from years of biting back angry words.

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

Then I discovered that being related is no guarantee of love!

I think part of being a parent is trying to kill your kids.

A father has to be a provider, a teacher, a role model, but most importantly, a distant authority figure who can never be pleased. Otherwise, how will children ever understand the concept of God?

A best friend is the only one that walks into your life when the world has walked out.

Love doesn't make the world go 'round; love is what makes the ride worthwhile.

Your heart’s strength is measured by how hard it holds on. Your self worth and faith is measured by finally letting go. However, your peace is measured by how long you don’t look back.

There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.

When you loved someone and had to let them go, there will always be that small part of yourself that whispers, What was it that you wanted and why didn't you fight for it?

The most confused you will ever get is when you try to convince your heart and spirit of something your mind knows is a lie.

The most intriguing people you will encounter in this life are the people who had insights about you, that you didn't know about yourself.

Siblings: children of the same parents, each of whom is perfectly normal until they get together.

Writers will happen in the best of families.

Have you ever noticed how parents can go from the most wonderful people in the world to totally embarrassing in three seconds?

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.

All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped. Youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its handlers. Some parents smudge, others crack, a few shatter childhoods completely into jagged little pieces, beyond repair.