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“I understood something that Brett wouldn't admit - that we were talking about family. And family is the ultimate trap, it's something you carry with you for life; the people you come from and the marks they leave on you.”

Book:The Haunting of Velkwood

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“Each morning comes along and you assume it will be similar enough to the previous one-- that you will be safe, that your family will be alive, that you will be together, that life life will remain mostly as it was. Then a moment arrives and everything changes. Images of the city to the south speed through his consciousness, but he has seen neither a city nor a likeness of one and does not know what to imagine, and his visions intermingle with Grandfather's tales of talking foxes and moon-spiders, of towers made of glass and bridges between the stars.”

Family Fantasy Hardship Coming Of Age Historical Fiction

Book:Cloud Cuckoo Land

Source: Cloud Cuckoo Land

“Each morning comes along and you assume it will be similar enough to the previous one-- that you will be safe, that your family will be alive, that you will be together, that life will remain mostly as it was. Then a moment arrives and everything changes. Images of the city to the south speed through his consciousness, but he has seen neither a city nor a likeness of one and does not know what to imagine, and his visions intermingle with Grandfather's tales of talking foxes and moon-spiders, of towers made of glass and bridges between the stars.”

Family Childhood Coming Of Age Historical Fiction Historical Fantasy Ottoman Empire

Book:Cloud Cuckoo Land

Source: Cloud Cuckoo Land

“That my life can look so perfect from the exterior and feel so chaotic within seeds a deep sense of guilt, as though by living at all, I’m doing something wrong.”

Family Psychology Childhood Shame Guilt Trauma Resilience

Book:The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within

Source: The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within

“When love can no longer be sustained just by our feelings, we build a foundation for it to stand on: our active commitment.”

Love Relationships Family Christian Marriage Commitment Quotes Devotional Inspiring Vows Marriage Marrriage

Book:What it Means When I Say 'I Do'

Source: What it Means When I Say 'I Do'

“We are ten gallon people, but we may have been born into families of people who have pint capacities. When you are a ten-gallon person and you want love, you want it on a ten-gallon level. But if you fool around and hook up with a pint person, they could be giving you all that they have — sincerely giving you everything, but it doesn't fill you up, because you're bigger than that.”

Love Relationships Family

Author:Bishop T.D. Jakes

“He tilts his head dramatically to one side, as if his neck muscles have suddenly deteriorated, and stares at me before finally asking, “Remember me?”

Humor Family Nostalgia

Book:The Shape of New Beginnings

Source: The Shape of New Beginnings

“Nona moved over to give him a hug. She hugged him like Camilla would have, the one thing she was truly good at, and he fell into it immediately. He put his head on her shoulder and breathed in deep through his nose.”

Family

Book:Nona the Ninth

Source: Nona the Ninth

“I think nobody owns land until their dead are in it.”

Self Past Family Identity Place

Book:Run River

Source: Run River

“It will ground you, you know, help you understand your place. Knowing my mob, where I'm from, well, everything comes from that.”

Family Aboriginal Culture

Book:Borderland

Source: Borderland

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