"What the color is, who the daddy be, who the mama is donâ€™t mean nothinâ€™.Â We family, carinâ€™ for each other.Â Family make us strong in times of trouble.Â We all stick together, help each other out.Â That the real meaninâ€™ of family.Â When you grow up, you take that family feelinâ€™ with you."

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Source : Kathleen Grissom (2014). “The Kitchen House: A Novel”, p.160, Simon and Schuster

Kathleen Grissom

#Strong Quotes #Growing Up Quotes #Real Quotes

“Sweet sleep be with us, one and all! And if upon its stillness fall The visions of a busy brain, We'll have our pleasure o'er again, To warm the heart, to charm the sight, Gay dreams to all! good night, good night.”
“The simplest case, where one is informed that a cat is black because it is black, may be harmless, though irritating and useless; but the actual cases [in statements of evolutionary theory] are always harder to detect than this, and may darken counsel for a long time.”
“Some guys run their house. Some guys run around their house. I'm a guy who runs my house!”
“I know not the way God leads me, but well do I know my Guide.”
“Fighting for happiness is the hardest thing you'll ever fight for, but it's the only thing worth fighting for.”
“I trusted him. I put what was precious in Haymitch's hands. & he has betrayed me”
“The players themselves can be classified into two groups- the attractions and the entry fees.”

Source : Jimmy Demaret (1954). “My Partner, Ben Hogan”, New York ; Toronto : McGraw-Hill Book Company
“I started writing one afternoon when I was twenty, and ever since then I have written every day. At first I had to force myself. Then it became part of my identity, and I did it without thinking.”

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