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“It's one of nature's way that we often feel closer to distant generations than to the generation immediately preceding us.”

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Author:Igor Stravinsky

“To become a grandparent is to enjoy one of the few pleasures in life for which the consequences have already been paid.”

“Grandchildren don't make a man feel old; it's the knowledge that he's married to a grandmother.”

“To a small child, the perfect granddad is unafraid of big dogs and fierce storms but absolutely terrified of the word "boo."”

“Because (grandparents) are usually free to love and guide and befriend the young without having to take daily responsibility for them, they can often reach out past pride and fear of failure and close the space between generations.”

Source: Jimmy Carter

“I love this child. Red-haired - patient and gentle like her mother - fey and funny like her father. When she giggles I can hear him when he and I were young. I am part of this child. It may be only because we share genes and that therefore smell familiar to each other.... It may be that a part of me lives in her in some important way.... But for now, it's jelly beans and 'Old MacDonald' that unite us.”

“If you would civilize a man, begin with his grandmother.”

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Author:Victor Hugo

“Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild.”

“I loved their home. Everything smelled older, worn but safe; the food aroma had baked itself into the furniture.”

Source: Bitter Sweet

“Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? The mother.”

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Author:Claudette Colbert

“Young people need something stable to hang on to - a culture connection, a sense of their own past, a hope for their own future. Most of all, they need what grandparents can give them.”

Source: Grandparenting: The Agony and the Ecstasy

“My grandfather was a giant of a man ... When he walked, the earth shook. When he laughed, the birds fell out of the trees. His hair caught fire from the sun. His eyes were patches of sky.”

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Author:Eth Clifford

“We should all have one person who knows how to bless us despite the evidence, Grandmother was that person to me.”

“Her grandmother, as she gets older, is not fading but rather becoming more concentrated.”

Source: Feeding the Eagles: Short Stories

“How precious is the family as the privileged place for transmitting the faith! Speaking about family life, I would like to say one thing: today, as Brazil and the Church around the world celebrate this feast of Saints Joachim and Anne, Grandparents Day is also being celebrated. How important grandparents are for family life, for passing on the human and religious heritage which is so essential for each and every society! How important it is to have intergenerational exchanges and dialogues, especially within the context of the family.”

“My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the hell she is.”

“When grandparents enter the door, discipline flies out the window.”

“I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.”

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Book:Invisible Man

Source: Invisible Man