"I think all of us are always five years old in the presence and absence of our parents."

Family, Parenting, Childhood, Emotion, Dependency

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"I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist

Family, Mothers, Nations

"It's funny how two people can grow up in the same town, go to the same school, have the same friends, and end up so totally different. Family, or lack of it, counts for more than you'd think."

Sarah Dessen, American Author

Family, Identity, People, Life

"Mother is the center of the family, everyone else surrounds her."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Family, Mother, Center, Surrounds

"There's something wrong with a mother who washes out a measuring cup with soap and water after she's only measured water in it."

Erma Bombeck, American Journalist

Family, Mother, Water, Wrong

"Behind all your stories is always your mother's story. Because hers is where yours begin."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

Family, Mother, Story, Beginning, Life

"If you don't have the support and love and caring and connection that you get from a family, you don't have much at all."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

Family, Support, Love, Caring

"I tell you, families are definitely the training ground for forgiveness."

Anne Lamott, American Author

Family, Forgiveness, Training, Life

"Don't say negative things about your spouse and children."

Jaachynma N.E. Agu, Nigerian Author

Family, Respect, Positivity, Speech

"Our acts make or mar us, we are the children of our own deeds."

Victor Hugo, French Author

Family, Children, Deeds

"Right, except I'm not going to lie to my mom, because what kind of bastard lies to his own mother?"

John Green, American Author

Family, Honesty, Respect, Truth

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"And believe me, a good piece of chicken can make anybody believe in the existence of God."

Faith

"My father was sleepless most of his life. So by the age of five, I was awake with him all night long, watching bad television or we'd lie in the same bed, and I'd read my comic books while he read his latest spy or mystery novel."

Family

"I didn't yet know that romantic heroes-famous and not-are usually aimless nomads in disguise."

Romance

"Great pain is repetitive. Grief is repetitive."

Grief

"Teenagers read millions of books every year. They read for entertainment and for education. They read because of school assignments and pop culture fads."

Education

"I always think it's funny when Indians celebrate Thanksgiving. I mean, sure, the Indians and Pilgrims were best friends during the first Thanksgiving, but a few years later, the Pilgrims were shooting Indians.So I'm never quite sure why we eat turkey like everybody else."

Irony

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"I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars."

"It's funny how two people can grow up in the same town, go to the same school, have the same friends, and end up so totally different. Family, or lack of it, counts for more than you'd think."

"Mother is the center of the family, everyone else surrounds her."

"There's something wrong with a mother who washes out a measuring cup with soap and water after she's only measured water in it."

"Behind all your stories is always your mother's story. Because hers is where yours begin."

"If you don't have the support and love and caring and connection that you get from a family, you don't have much at all."

"I tell you, families are definitely the training ground for forgiveness."

"Don't say negative things about your spouse and children."

"Our acts make or mar us, we are the children of our own deeds."

"Right, except I'm not going to lie to my mom, because what kind of bastard lies to his own mother?"

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"And believe me, a good piece of chicken can make anybody believe in the existence of God."

"Because I want to be remembered."

"I can't remember how to cry."

"Writing is a lonely business."

"Read. Read 1000 pages for every 1 page that you write."

"My father was sleepless most of his life. So by the age of five, I was awake with him all night long, watching bad television or we'd lie in the same bed, and I'd read my comic books while he read his latest spy or mystery novel."

"I didn't yet know that romantic heroes-famous and not-are usually aimless nomads in disguise."

"Great pain is repetitive. Grief is repetitive."

"Teenagers read millions of books every year. They read for entertainment and for education. They read because of school assignments and pop culture fads."

"I always think it's funny when Indians celebrate Thanksgiving. I mean, sure, the Indians and Pilgrims were best friends during the first Thanksgiving, but a few years later, the Pilgrims were shooting Indians.So I'm never quite sure why we eat turkey like everybody else."