"If our family was an airline, Mom was the hub and we were the spokes. You rarely went anywhere nonstop; you went via Mom, who directed the traffic flow and determined the priorities: which family member was cleared for takeoff or landing. Even my father was not immune to Mom's scheduling, though he was given more leeway than the rest of us."

--

Source : Will Schwalbe (2012). “The End of Your Life Book Club”, p.13, Vintage

Will Schwalbe

#Mom Quotes #Father Quotes #Priorities Quotes

“There are a lot of latchkey kids. I don't want to be sitting there when a guy blurts something out over the TV and have my daughters ask me what those words mean.”

Source : "GOP representative would ban dirty words from TV / Ose angry FCC failed to act when Bono, Richie used f -- word" by Edward Epstein, www.sfgate.com. January 9, 2004.
“Never try to compel others to change; leave them free to change naturally and orderly because they want to; and they will want to when they find that your change was worthwhile. To inspire in others a desire to chance for the better is truly noble; but this you can do only by leaving them alone, and becoming more noble yourself.”
“Elizabeth Anne Taylor April 25, 1974 - April 25, 2004 Our Sweetheart, Only resting”

Source : MaryJanice Davidson (2006). “Undead and Unreturnable: A Queen Betsy Novel”, p.19, Penguin
“A man must consider what a rich realm he abdicates when he becomes a conformist.”
“Where there is a will there's a law suit.”
“Blaire, This teardrop represents many things. The tears I know youâ€™ve shed over holding your motherâ€™s piece of satin. The tears youâ€™ve shed over each loss youâ€™ve experienced. But it also represents the tears weâ€™ve both shed as weâ€™ve felt the little life inside you begin to move. The tears Iâ€™ve shed over the fact Iâ€™ve been given someone like you to love. I never imagined anyone like you Blaire. But every time I think about forever with you Iâ€™m humbled that you chose me. This is your something blue. I love you, Rush”
“It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.”
“Those fighting for free enterprise and free competition do not defend the interests of those rich today. They want a free hand left to unknown men who will be the entrepreneurs of tomorrow...”

You may also like:

Anne Fadiman
Author
Carol Rifka Brunt
Author
Cheryl Strayed
Novelist
Clifton Fadiman
Intellectual
John Dunning
Writer
Katherine Boo
Journalist
Nicholas A. Basbanes
Author
Rachel Joyce
Author
Robin Sloan
Author