#ily

Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate. ↗

— Ulysses S. Grant

#church #contributions #entirely #family #forever

I don't believe in writing at night because it comes too easily. When I read it in the morning it's not good. I need daylight to begin. Between nine and ten o'clock I have a long breakfast with reading and music. ↗

— Gunter Grass

#begin #believe #between #breakfast #clock

I had an uncle who was a postal official at the Polish post office in Gdansk. He was one of the defenders of the Polish postal service and, after it capitulated, was shot by the Germans under the provisions of martial law. Suddenly he was no longer a member of the family, and we were no longer allowed to play with his children. ↗

— Gunter Grass

#allowed #children #defenders #family #germans

My goal for reform is not necessarily to pass laws but to make sure the laws are being followed. ↗

— Chuck Grassley

#followed #goal #laws #make #necessarily

I may be kindly, I am ordinarily gentle, but in my line of business I am obliged to will terribly what I will at all. ↗

— Catherine the Great

#business #gentle #i #i am #kindly

I write easily, let's put it that way. And in a novel particularly, the characters take over. And they tell me what to say and they tell me what they're doing. And I'm a third of the way into a novel and then I just let the characters finish it for me. ↗

— Andrew Greeley

#doing #easily #finish #i #i write

Just to have that sense of family, it gives you something that you know you need to take care of for the rest of your life. People gave it to him, and he passed it on to us. ↗

— Benny Green

#family #gave #gives #him #just

We don't tend to write about disease in fiction - not just teen novels but all American novels - because it doesn't fit in with our idea of the heroic romantic epic. There is room only for sacrifice, heroism, war, politics and family struggle. ↗

— John Green

#american #because #disease #epic #family

They stayed by my side the whole time - my teammates, family and all the fans. ↗

— William Green

#fans #side #stayed #teammates #time

But, neither of these educational scenarios worked for us, so when we started a family, we wanted a different school for our children. And the other founders felt the same way. ↗

— Daniel Greenberg

#different #educational #family #felt #founders