"The very worst events in life have that effect on a family: we always remember, more sharply than anything else, the last happy moments before everything fell apart."

Family, Memory, Loss, Tragedy

23

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"The very worst events in life have that effect on a family: we always remember, more sharply than anything else, the last happy moments before everything fell apart."

Exlpore more Family quotes

"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

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

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Family, Mother, Center, Surrounds

"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

"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

"When we are thirsty, we drink the white waters of the pool, the sweetness of our mournful childhood."

Georg Trakl, Austrian Poet

Family, Childhood, Sweetness

"From behind Lissa, I heard Christian say, "Worst. Timing. Ever." Adrian studied Lissa and then looked at Christain sprawling on the bed on the far side of the suite. "Huh," Adrian said, letting himself in. "So that's how you're going to fix the family problem. Little Dragomirs. Good idea." Christian sat up and strolled toward them. "Yeah, that's exactly it. You're interrupting official Council business."

Richelle Mead, American Author

Family, Time, Problem, Business

"Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other."

Joseph Joubert, French Writer

Family, Love, Father, Fear

Explore more quotes by Fredrik Backman

"To teach her that not all monsters are in the beginning, and not all monsters look like monsters. Some carry their monstrosity inside."

Truth

"Around them, the dawn gently wakes Borg like someone breathing into the ear of someone they love. With sun and promises. Tickling light falls over warm duvets, like the smell of freshly brewed coffee and toasted bread. It shouldn't be doing this. It's the wrong day to be beautiful, but the dawn doesn't care."

Nature

"Humanity has many shortcomings, but none is stronger than pride."

Pride

"It's going to be a grand adventure and a fairy tale of marvels. But it's my fault that you'll find a dragon at the end, my darling knight."

Adventure

"I just mean ... damn ... this might sound a bit crazy, but sometimes you can't help wondering if we don't take all this a bit too seriously. If we aren't putting too much pressure on the juniors. They're not really much more than ... kids.'...'That depends what we want from the kids. And what the kids want from hockey."

Youth

"You should choose your battles if you can, but if the battle chooses you then kick the sod in his fuse box!"

Courage

"Not all monsters look like monsters. There are some that carry their monstrosity inside."

Evil

"Grow up and be different and don't let anyone tell you not to be different, because all superheroes are different."

Difference

"People said Ove saw the world in black and white. But she was color. All the color he had."

Love

"Winners have a tendency to be forgiven in this town."

Success