“ One of the questions asked by al-Balkhi, and often repeated to this day, is this: Why do the children of Israel continue to suffer? My grandmother Dodo thought it was because the were jealous. The se… Christopher Hitchens
“ What she showed me was, Yes, I am Grandmother as she is; there is no separation, really, between us. And that, on this planet, Grandmother Earth, there is no higher authority. That our inseparability… Alice Walker
“ My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the heck she is. Ellen DeGeneres
“ This is a place where grandmothers hold babies on their laps under the stars and whisper in their ears that the lights in the sky are holes in the floor of heaven. Rick Bragg
“ I know nothing about her. Just some books, and some stories she tried to tell me, and things I didn't understand, and I remember big red soft hands and that smell. I never knew who she really was. I m… Terry Pratchett
“ Granny always said finding justice was as tough as putting socks on a rooster. Jessica Maria Tuccelli
“ I still loved Granny. It flowed out of my chest. With Granny gone, where would my love go? Jessica Maria Tuccelli
“ Once your words fly out of your mouth, you sometimes can't control whether they fly straight or crooked, Grandma Augustine says. "They can get bent in the strangest ways." Grandma Augustine says that… Lori Aurelia Williams
“ Saying you're through with romance is like saying you're done with living, Betty. Life is better with a little romance, you know. Gabrielle Zevin
“ My grandmother, a dim, stern figure, named her children Lily and Violet, which I guess from seeing a picture of my mother's paved, ugly backyard, was the nearest she came to a garden. Emma Joy Crone
“ I want to go swimming," the child said. She waited for opposition, but none came. So she took off her clothes, slowly and nervously. She glanced at her grandmother -- you can't depend on people who ju… Jansson
“ When it comes to death, we know that laughter and tears are pretty much the same thing.And so, laughing and crying, we said good-bye to my grandmother. And when we said goodbye to one grandmother, we… Sherman Alexie
