“Missionarying was a better thing in those days than it is in ours. All you had to do was to cure the head savage´s sick daughter by a miracle- a miracle like the miracle of Lourdes in our day, for instance- and immediately that head savage was your convert, and filled to the eyes with a new convert´s enthusiasm. You could sit down and make yourself easy now. He would take the ax and convert the rest of the nation himself.” EyeNationsEasyDaughterSickMiracleDown AndFilledCuresInstanceEnthusiasmSavagesLourdes Book:Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations Source: Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations
“This is what's sick about living in L.A. My eight-year-old daughter will point to a woman and say, 'Look! That woman's had too much Botox.' She spots them because they all look a bit like Lord Voldemort from 'Harry Potter.'” YearsLooksBitsLordToo MuchDaughterSickEightSpotsHarry PotterPottersBotoxLord Voldemort Author:Kate Beckinsale
“We've never been in a time where mothers - parenthood, but particularly motherhood - is so fetishized. There's a whole industry around motherhood and mother-daughter bonds. And certainly when my mother was sick I found there was an incredible expectation for me to tell everybody how we were having this bonding experience and how healing it was.” WholeMotherFoundHealingIndustryExpectationsDaughterSickIncrediblesMotherhoodParenthoodBondingMother Daughter Author:Meghan Daum
“That said, my kids are at home right now with my husband and I'm missing something important at my daughter's school which makes me feel sick inside. It's a lot of balance and a lot of really hard decision making.” FeelsSaidImportantHardHomeKidsSchoolMotherDecisionMissingBalanceRight NowHusbandDaughterSickDecision MakingMy DaughterMy HusbandMissing SomethingHard Decision Author:Reese Witherspoon
“Sacrifice is a part of life. It’s supposed to be. It’s not something to regret. It’s something to aspire to. Little sacrifices. Big sacrifices. A mother works so her son can go to school. A daughter moves home to take care of her sick father.” LittlesHomeBigsCareSchoolMovingMotherFatherSacrificeSonRegretDaughterSickTake CareSupposed To BeAspireParts Of Life Author:Mitch Albom
“...fairness," he said, "does not govern life and death. if it did, no good person would ever die." "Strangers," the Blue Man said, "are just family you have yet to come to know." "sacrifice is a part of life. it is supposed to be. it's not something to regret. it's something to aspire to. little sacrifices. big sacrifices. a mother works so her son can go to school. a daughter moves home to take care of her sick father. Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. you're just passing it on to someone else.” IfsKnowsMenLittlesPersonsDoeSaidSometimesHomeBigsCareSchoolMovingMotherDiesFatherSacrificeSonRegretLosingDaughterSickBlueStrangerTake CarePassingPassingsSupposed To BeLife And DeathFairnessAspireGood PersonParts Of LifePassing It Author:Mitch Albom
“My mother was a professional sick person; she took a lot of pain pills. There are many people like that. It's just how they are used to getting attention. I always remember she's the daughter of alcoholics who'd leave her alone at Christmas time.” PeoplePersonsPainRememberUsedMotherAttentionDaughterSickChristmasPillsAlcoholicsLeave Me AloneChristmas TimeSick Person Author:Jim Carrey
“He opened the jar of pickles when no one else could. He was the only one in the house who wasn't afraid to go into the basement by himself. He cut himself shaving, but no one kissed it or got excited about it. It was understood when it rained, he got the car and brought it around to the door. When anyone was sick, he went out to get the prescription filled. He took lots of pictures... but he was never in them.” FatherHouseCuttingDoorsCarDaughterUnderstoodSickFilledExcitedPrescriptionsJarsBasementsShavingPickles Author:Erma Bombeck