“Old souls are often born into families who don’t understand them. This, of course, is a tremendous growing tool (and really, only fellow old souls will ever ‘get’ each other fully) but it makes for a tumultuous upbringing. Those formative years then end up impacting their adult relationships a lot m…”— Brianna Wiest, thoughtcatalog.com
“They aren’t going to go out of their way to meet new people, but once you become a part of their life, they aren’t going to let you go. They’re going to treat you like family.”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com
“It gives me strength to have somebody to fight for; I can never fight for myself, but, for others, I can kill.”— Emilie Autumn, amazon.com
“Mothers took their mothering so seriously now. Their frantic little faces. Their busy little bottoms strutting into the school in their tight gym gear. Ponytails swinging. Eyes fixed on the mobile phones held in the palms of their hands like compasses.”— Liane Moriarty, amazon.com
“He doesn’t avoid your family or friends. If there’s something fishy, you have all these people to tell you. If he is fine with being around them, he has good intentions for you and again, doesn’t have anything to hide.”— Relationship Rules, relrules.com
“I don't care about whose DNA has recombined with whose. When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching--they are your family.”— Jim Butcher, amazon.com
“I am thankful for my family. I'm thankful that we're all safe and there's no one in the world that I'd rather be too hot or too cold with.”— Elizabeth Berger, Isaac Aptaker, Jack, Milo Ventimiglia, imdb.com
“Romantic love is not the only type of love you can feel in your life. While on your search to find a lifelong partner, don’t forget to embrace and appreciate the love that surrounds you in the form of your friends and family.”— Kim Quindlen, thoughtcatalog.com
“Enjoy your time with family and friends and with yourself too. Just because you are alone doesn’t mean you need to be lonely.”— Erin, wellplated.com
“It is of great significance if there is a person who truly prays in a family. Prayer attracts God's Grace and all the members of the family feel it, even those whose hearts have grown cold. Pray always.”— Thaddeus of Vitovnica, amazon.com
“You have family and friends who love you. You have a world out there just waiting for you to conquer it. You have a life that will be anything you make it.”— Malorie Blackman, amazon.com
“Home wasn't a set house, or a single town on a map. It was wherever the people who loved you were, whenever you were together. Not a place, but a moment, and then another, building on each other like bricks to create a solid shelter that you take with you for your entire life, wherever you may go.”— Sarah Dessen, amazon.com
“Never forget the people who are there for you in the dark and in the light.”— Mashal Nathani, thoughtcatalog.com