“My family dumplings are sleek and seductive, yet stout and masculine. They taste of meat, yet of flour. They are wet, yet they are dry. They have weight, but they are light. Airy, yet substantial. Earth, air, fire, water; velvet and elastic! Meat, wheat and magic! They are our family glory!” LightEarthWaterFireMagicAirFoodTasteGloryMy FamilyWeightCookingOur FamilyMeatDryCulinaryWetMasculineWheatSeductiveVelvetAiryFlourStoutDumplings Author:Robert P. T. Coffin
“I don't play baseball first. I put Christ first in my life. I put my family behind Him and I put baseball down the line. I obviously want to succeed. I want to do well. I want to perform. But at the same time, I'm at peace that no matter what happens on this earth, the more important part is being a Christian, and being in the Kingdom of Heaven when it's all said and done.” WantFirstsWellsSaidImportantMatterDonePlayHappensEarthChristianHeavenChristLinesBehindsSucceedMy FamilyBaseballNo Matter WhatKingdomsKingdom Of HeavenSaid And Done Author:Mark Teixeira
“I am the first male member of my family for about three generations who can have reasonable confidence in expecting that I will leave this earth with more or less the same number of fingers, hands, legs, toes and eyes as I had when I was born.” FirstsHandsEyeEarthDeathThreeBornNumbersGenerationsMembersMy FamilyFingersMalesLegsReasonableExpectingToesThree Generations Author:Neil Kinnock
“Most of my life is over. I am going to enjoy my family and friends before any of us depart this earth. I'll never start another company. I'll never work long hours again. At this point in my life, I only answer to God, my wife, and my kids. Everything else is secondary - especially the expectations of strangers.” LongKidsEarthLife IsEnjoyHoursAnswersCompanyWifeExpectationsMy FamilyStrangerMy WifeFamily And FriendsLong Hours Author:Guy Kawasaki
“I wish people knew how down to earth and cool I am. A lot of people think that I'm this high and mighty, bourgeoise girl born with a silver spoon in her mouth. I'm a super fun girl that is obsessed with my family and friends and just love to have fun and be a blessing to people! That's it! I'm very simple!” PeopleThinkingEarthGirlFunWishSimpleBlessingMy FamilyHaving FunObsessedSilverFamily And Friends Author:Kierra Kiki Sheard
“Each time I told my story, I lost a bit, the smallest drop of pain. It was that day that I knew I wanted to tell the story of my family. Because horror on Earth is real and it is every day. It is like a flower or like the sun; it cannot be contained.” RealStoriesWantedEarthPainLostBitsSunFlowerHorrorMy FamilySmallestLovely Bones Book:The Lovely Bones Source: The Lovely Bones
“I'm sorry, Dite." Dite shrugged away the apology. "You have spared my brother when you could have killed him and you have offered me escape from the cesspit of my family and this court. You know what it means to me, to make music in the court of Ferria. You've put a purse and an impossible dream in my hand. I don't know why you should apologize." "Because I am exiling you, Dite. I intend to raze your patrimony and salt its earth. You emphatically do not need to thank me.” KnowsNeedsShouldMeanDreamHandsEarthImpossibleBrotherMy FamilyCourtSorryMy BrotherSaltApologyApologizingI'm SorryPursesImpossible DreamPatrimony Author:Megan Whalen Turner
“I remember learning German - so beautiful, so strange - at school in Australia on the other side of the earth. My family was nonplussed about me learning such an odd, ugly language and, though of course too sophisticated to say it, the language of the enemy. But I liked the sticklebrick nature of it, building long supple words by putting short ones together. Things could be brought into being that had no name in English - Weltanschauung, Schadenfreude, sippenhaft, Sonderweg, Scheissfreundlichkeit, Vergangenheitsbewältigung.” LongSchoolEarthTogetherBeautifulRememberCoursesNamesLanguageSidesEnemyBuildingStrangeMy FamilyUglyOddAustraliaSophisticatedSuppleSchadenfreude Book:Stasiland: Stories From Behind The Berlin Wall Source: Stasiland: Stories From Behind The Berlin Wall