“I love to snuggle up on the sofa wrapped in my duvet watching old black and white films, and catching up with friends and family on the phone.” FilmBlackWhiteFamilyPhonesBlack And WhiteFamily And FriendsCatchingSofasCatching UpDuvets Author:Martine McCutcheon
“Two parents can't raise a child any more than one. You need a whole community - everybody - to raise a child. And the little nuclear family is a paradigm that just doesn't work. It doesn't work for white people or for black people. Why are we hanging onto it, I don't know. It isolates people into little units - people need a larger unit.” PeopleKnowsNeedsChildrenLittlesTwoWholeParentBlackCommunityWhiteFamilyRaisesNuclearWorking ItBlack PeopleUnitsParadigmNuclear Families Book:Conversations with Toni Morrison Source: Conversations with Toni Morrison
“It's not the best between my family and me. There are so many crimes left unpunished, debts unpaid, white elephants in the middle of the room that no one will even offer a peanut to. We are in the red, emotionally speaking.” LeftWhiteRoomsFamilyMiddleCrimeOffersRedMy FamilyDebtElephantsPeanuts Book:I Have Chosen to Stay and Fight Source: I Have Chosen to Stay and Fight
“Future of his nation does not depend on what happens at the White House, but what happens at your house” DoeHappensHouseNationsWhiteFamilyDependsWhite House Author:Barbara Bush
“Your success as a family... our success as a nation... depends not on what happens inside the White House, but on what happens inside your house.” HappensHouseNationsWhiteFamilySocietyDependsWhite House Author:Barbara Bush
“Like the great white pines whose roots grow shallow under the forest floor, they are the first to fall in a storm; so is society whose family values are built on a shallow foundation, are the first to crumble at the first sign of trouble.” FirstsValuesFallGrowsWhiteFamilyTroubleBuiltRootsFoundationStormForestsShallowFamily Values Author:Jean Charest