Quotes by Grandparent If we're to be judged by our parents and grandparents, then we all may as well impale ourselves upon jagged bits of rock. Kristin Cashore grandparent rocks may My grandparents got married at a very young age, and a lot of what I think about marriage is based on their relationship. Kyle Chandler grandparent age thinking When I was a kid, all of the parents and grandparents came out of the Depression Era. They were all freezing bread in their freezer, they were covering their sofas with plastic, and they had plastic runners on the floor. There was a great distance between them and anything authentic. Lance Henriksen grandparent distance kids I've never wanted to chuck my mortgage, drop the kids off at their grandparents' and run gloriously naked in fields of flax. Lauren Groff grandparent running kids My grandparents knew it was important that I understood Christianity and the Bible. But they never took me to church; they sent me to church. Lee Greenwood grandparent church important I didn't anticipate the primal quality of my pleasure, the raw physicality of it, the way my whole body leaps forward when I see my grandsons after a few days' absence. Letty Cottin Pogrebin grandparent quality body My dad is Greek and my mum Jamaican. My grandparents brought me up for most of my childhood, but I saw my mum and dad all the time. Lianne La Havas grandparent childhood dad I am imprinted with the whole sense of European history, especially German history, going back to World War I, which really destroyed all the old values and culture. My grandparents had been reasonably well-off but they became quite poor, living in an attic apartment. Lisel Mueller grandparent war world Didn't we, like our grandchildren, begin with a childhood we thought would never end? Now, all of a sudden, I'm older than my parents were when I thought they were old. Lois Wyse grandparent childhood grandchildren Oftentimes when kids are left with their grandparents they're not agile enough to keep up with all of the things that they're going through. Loretta Devine grandparent enough kids Every house needs a grandmother in it. Louisa May Alcott grandparent grandmother house I wanted to be an actor ever since I was five. My grandparents - my mom's parents in New York - were stage actors. I think indirectly I wanted to do it because of them. My grandfather would tell me stories about Tennessee Williams and actors he worked with in New York. He had such a respect for acting and such a love for storytelling about that world. I grew up hearing him tell tales of it.They were never encouraging me or discouraging me to take part. They were always feeding me with theater. Lydia Wilson grandparent grandfather thinking My grandparents are from Mexico, so I grew up with great Mexican food. M. Ward grandparent mexico mexican You can't prevent a possible future closeness between your upcoming child and one or more of their grandparents. Mallory Ortberg closeness grandparent children Grandparents are given a second chance to enjoy parenthood with fewer of its tribulations and anxieties. Margaret Mead second-chance grandparent anxiety I suddenly realized that through no act of my own I had become biologically related to a new human being. Margaret Mead grandparent my-own humans The closest friends I made all through life have been people who also grew up close to a loved and loving grandmother or grandfather. Margaret Mead grandparent grandmother people In the presence of grandparent and grandchild, past and future merge in the present. Margaret Mead grandparent grandchildren past My grandmother always used to say, "If you know your past and you know where you have to go, why do you rehearse?" I always remember this and it's true. You have to start each day again-you can't repeat what you did. Marian Seldes grandparent grandmother past I was very young and lived with my grandparents in a villa with white walls in the Calle Ocharan, in Miraflores. Mario Vargas Llosa grandparent wall white «345678910111213»
