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“Even after everything he's put me through, if he's ready to ask for it instead of just taking it then I will walk to the ends of the earth for him.”

Book:Nightcrawling

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“The fact is, in all likelihood, singles need their married friends more than their married friends need them. That’s not to say that married friends don’t need their single friends at all, it’s just a different kind or different level of need. As a single person, my friends are a lifeline. They’re like family. They are the ones with whom I feel most known and loved…I need them. Hugely. But the fact is they don’t need me in the same way. Many of them are the equivalent of family, but since they have families of their own, the familial sense I have towards them is not necessarily reciprocated. That might be good and right as far as it goes, but it can also be painful at times.”

Friendship Family Singleness

Book:7 Myths about Singleness

Source: 7 Myths about Singleness

“They taught you a lot of things, your family,' I say. The sleight of hand, the wall climbing, the swordsmanship. 'Not to die,' he says. 'That's what they attempted to teach me, anyway. Not to die.' Considering how often he throws himself directly into the path of danger, I do not think they taught him well enough.”

Family Taught Holly Black The Stolen Heir Suren Wren Oak Oak Greenbriar Stay Alive Not To Die

Book:The Stolen Heir

Source: The Stolen Heir

“I was never one to connect. I've been that way my entire life. I went to work, kept my head down, and came home. I let old friendships fizzle. I orbited my family and all of you like a distant planet--there and yet nearly impossible to reach. I know I can't survive alone.”

Relationships Family Connection Connecting Social Life Friendships Socializing

Book:How High We Go in the Dark

Source: How High We Go in the Dark

“Life is too short for negativity. Focus all your energy to create happiness.”

Life Happiness Life Lessons Life Quotes Positive Thinking Positivity Positive Attitude Positive Thoughts Positive Mindset

Author:Banani Ray

“Soon Paula would begin complaining that he didn't understand her, didn't appreciate her, didn't love her enough, when in fact he loved her so much his heart often felt shredded by it. But people always wanted words for all that roiled inside you.”

Love Language Understanding Family Emotions Words Appreciation Speaking Daughters

Book:Five Tuesdays in Winter

Source: Five Tuesdays in Winter

“The tradition of passing trauma from generation to generation like a family heirloom stops with you its final inheritor determined to lay it to rest”

Family Trauma Generational Trauma Toxic Family

Book:This Time You Save Yourself

Source: This Time You Save Yourself

“Blessed is that family where there are old people, says an ancient proverb, and happy the children who heed the counsel of the old, for it's as if they had already enjoyed a long life. Love your grandparents, children, for they love you as the sons and daughters of their sons and daughters, and hence with a double tenderness. If you see they love your company, don't leave them alone, and when it's their birthday, never forget to with them many happy returns, 'A hundred more happy returns, Granny and Granddad!”

Children Family Daughters Sons Granny Grandparents Granddad

Book:An Italian Education

Source: An Italian Education

“My parents must have sensed my queerness, possibly as young as three, but instead of sitting me down and saying, We love you, we love you. Here’s what you need to know about the people who won’t, my father ignored me, and my mother redirected me toward princess crowns and pink frilly dresses.”

Love Family Acceptance Queer

Book:I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself

Source: I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself

“A mother's least favourite child always knows that's what they are.”

Family Childhood Motherhood Mother Daughter Relationship

Book:Daisy Darker

Source: Daisy Darker

“I used to wish that Madoc never went looking for those girls, and now all I wish is that we could be together again as we once were.”

Wish Family Holly Black Jude Duarte The Stolen Heir Oak Greenbriar Taryn Duarte Madoc Vivi Duarte Oriana

Book:The Stolen Heir

Source: The Stolen Heir

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