#ily

I think I rescued myself. ↗

— Donna K. Childree

#adventure-travel #family-relationships #siblings #family

Family isn’t something that’s supposed to be static, or set. People marry in, divorce out. They’re born, they die. It’s always evolving, turning into something else. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#family

If I love you, I will carry for you all your pain, I will assume for you all your debts (in every definition of the word), I will protect you from your own insecurity, I will protect upon you all sorts of good qualities that you have never actually cultivated in yourself and I will buy Christmas presents for your entire family. I will give you the sun and the rain, and if they are not available, I will give you a sun check and a rain check. I will give you all this and more, until I get so exhausted and depleted that the only way I can recover my energy is by becoming infatuated with someone else. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#family

You're my sister," he said finally. "My sister, my blood, my family. I should want to protect you" - he laughed soundlessly and without any humor - "to protect you from the sort of boys who want to do with you exactly what I want to do." Clary's breath caught. "You said you just wanted to be my brother from now on." "I lied," he said. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#jace-wayland #family

Home is people. Not a place. If you go back there after the people are gone, then all you can see is what is not there any more. ↗

— Robin Hobb

#home #family

I hurt with you. I bled with you - not only because we're bonded but because of the love I have for you. -- Eric Northman ↗

— Charlaine Harris

#sookie-stackhouse #sweet-talk #family

Never judge someone by their relatives. ↗

— Charles Martin

#family #past-history #relationships #family

I know family comes first, but shouldn't that mean after breakfast? ↗

— Jeff Lindsay

#family #family

And you're everything I don't want." Julie pushed away, breaking his embrace, and shook her head. "If you loved me, you couldn't have done this. You couldn't have been so careless with me. You know pain, and loss, and hurt better than anyone." She hated each word as it came out of her mouth. "And that's what you gave me. I know that it's not the same. I know yours is worse. I'm so sorry for you, Matt. For your whole family. You've all been through hell. And you've been braver than anyone could. But I hurt now, too. And I can't love you. ↗

— Jessica Park

#family

Eternity has a way of letting us all grow up. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#love #sisters #unrequited-love #family