Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.
Maybe there is no actual place called hell. Maybe hell is just having to listen to our grandparents breathe through their noses when they're eating sandwiches.
Grandchildren are their grandparents' toys.
We envy people who are extremely old because we wish to live that long, not because we want to be that old.
She loved them so much that she felt a kind of hollowness on the inner surface of her arms whenever she looked at them- an ache of longing to pull them close and hold them tight against her.
History has shown us time and time again that you don't have to know someone to love them with all your heart.
Kids are hard -they drive you crazy and break your heart- whereas grandchildren make you feel great about life, and yourself, and your ability to love someone unconditionally, finally, after all these...
When she smiles, the lines in her face become epic narratives that trace the stories of generations that no book can replace.
Kids in a home with grandparents are healthier.
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.
The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.
My grandparents - my mom's parents - they're Jewish. But nobody ever pushed religion onto us. It wasn't something I ever grew up with.
I never learned to say shit before a lady. I don't believe in progress in quite the way you seem to. You believe in it more than Grandmother did. As for those purely cultural patterns of convention yo...
At NBC I wasn't really sure if the grandparents were going to get my sense of humor on a particular topic.
My mom, you know, took off when I was about 6. What ended up happening is I ended up being with my grandparents.
My mom, dad, grandparents, we all do voices.
Grandparents are extremely rich folks with silver in their hair and gold in their hearts.
I grew up in a reform Jewish family in St. Louis. Our idea of Judaism was no bar mitzvahs and a Christmas tree that had a skirt at the bottom embroidered with the names of my grandparents.
The very old and the very young have something in common that makes it right that they should be left alone together. Dawn and sunset see stars shining in a blue sky; but morning and midday and aftern...
When I visit any cathedral, it reminds me of being with my grandparents. They weren't particularly religious, but my grandfather was obsessed with architecture.
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