“Live first six hours of your day for your family, so that the rest eighteen hours they can let you live for your own.”
“Sometimes you have to fight with the very same people who protect you. Sometimes success comes with the hefty price.”
“Sometimes the toughest battles are fought within the same walls, with the same people.”
“You can fight with her all you want, but step up when the time comes. Be a responsible adult.”
“Nosotros somos su lugar seguro, el único que conocen. Y no, no es sencillo estar en ese lugar, no es sencillo tomar decisiones, no es sencillo ser adultos y animarnos a observar en forma crítica nuestra propia crianza y el niño o niña que fuimos. Biencriar no es un conjunto de reglas que hay que seguir puntillosamente, sino, con simpleza, es criar a partir del respeto y del amor.”
“My sisters. My blood. My skin. What a gruesome bond we shared.”
“Well, we ve never had a divorce in our family, Aurora said, but if we have to have one, Tomas is a good place to start.”
“Rather large crowd, I whispered to my employer. I thought he had no family. The fact that he had no family is why the crowd is so large, Barker explained patiently. It means that the entire community becomes his family. Also, the Jews have great respect for the teachers of their children.”
“The Ashanti, he reminded me, are guided by, and survive through, the forces of kinship and ancestral linkage. We take care of each other on earth, he said. If a family member asks for help, I give it. When a family member needs money for school fees or hospital bills, I send it. And my whole extended family loves you as if you are their child. We take care of each other s children. We raise each other s children. My cousins are my brothers and sisters. My aunts are also my mothers. Your aunts are your mothers, especially Auntie Harriet because she is my eldest sister. You will never be alone in this world. And do you really believe our ancestors are watching over us? I asked. He smiled. I believe in the power of remembrance, he said. And I believe love does not die with the body.”
“Responsibility’ precedes ‘Success”
“Responsibility precedes Success”
“Sono morto come è morta lei, ma non so ancora perchè d improvviso lei abbia voluto morire se lei viveva così bene, per questo mentre morivo non riuscivo a chiudere gli occhi, il vecchio Tang me li ha sfregati con forza come se stesse affilando un coltello, ma non c è riuscito nemmeno lui a chiuderli. Dicono che tutti quelli che muoiono ingiustamente tengono gli occhi spalancati per poter continuare ad occuparsi dei loro cari.”
“Home is defined very aptly as “Mother as Foundation & Father as the Roof”. If that is ingrained in you, there are No Boundaries for you in life.”
“No matter how much other people disappoint you, no matter how rough your day has been. If you come home and your family is happy to see you believe me nothing else matters.”
“I can t be good for someone, who is good for me, but not good for my family.”
“I don t think anyone is ok hearing about how imperfect their family is, you are supposed to love your family nevertheless.”
“Control your anger, especially when it comes to the people you share a roof with. Because we don’t regret what we didn’t say to them, but we do regret what we did say.”