Where lurk sweet echoes of the dear homevoices,
Each note of which calls like a little sister,
Those airs slow, read more

Where lurk sweet echoes of the dear homevoices,
Each note of which calls like a little sister,
Those airs slow, slow ascending, as the smokewreaths
Rise from the hearthstones of our native hamlets
Cyrano Act 5.

My whole life has been nothing but trying to find a way to take care of my mom and take read more

My whole life has been nothing but trying to find a way to take care of my mom and take care of my family as quickly as possible.

A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common read more

A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.

One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the read more

One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world.

Whatever they grow up to be, they are still our children, and the one most important of all the things read more

Whatever they grow up to be, they are still our children, and the one most important of all the things we can give to them is unconditional love. Not a love that depends on anything at all except that they are our children.

I woke up one morning thinking about wolves and realized that wolf packs function as families. Everyone has a role, read more

I woke up one morning thinking about wolves and realized that wolf packs function as families. Everyone has a role, and if you act within the parameters of your role, the whole pack succeeds, and when that falls apart, so does the pack

Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other.

Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other.

Families are great murderers of the creative impulse, particularly husbands.

Families are great murderers of the creative impulse, particularly husbands.

You don\'t have to give birth to someone to have a family.

You don\'t have to give birth to someone to have a family.