“But my mother's hair, my mother's hair, like little rosettes, like little candy circles all curly and pretty because she pinned it in pincurls all day, sweet to put your nose into when she is holding you, holding you and you feel safe, is the warm smell of bread before you bake it, is the smell when…”— Sandra Cisneros, amazon.com
“When I was alive, I used to travel. When I died, Amit used to tell his friends that I was a pilot. It's a joke because you don't know where I am, just that I'm not coming back.”— Yena Sharma Purmasir, amazon.com
“The Law of Siblings dictated that our relationship was never more than a few milliseconds of warmth beyond repair, even under the worst circumstances.”— Mélanie Berliet, amazon.com
“Jimmy Fallon asked me a question on his show one night: "Have you ever apologized? Ever, in your whole life?" I told him that I think apologizing is a great thing—but you have to have been wrong. Then I promised, "I will apologize in the distant future if I am ever wrong." The audience laughed, as t…”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“Truthfully, I was a much better father than I was a husband, always working too much to be the husband my wives wanted me to be. I blame myself. I was making my mark in real estate and business, and it was very hard for a relationship to compete with that aspect of my life.”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“My work ethic came from my father. I don't know anybody who works harder than I do. I'm working all the time. It's not about the money—I just don't know a different way of life, and I love it.”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“The happiest people I know are those people who have great families and real values. I've seen it. I know it. People who have a loving spouse and have children they really love are happy people. Religion also plays a very large factor in happiness. People who have God in their lives receive a tremen…”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“When my father passed away at the age of 93, he left his estate to his children. By that time, I had already built a massive and internationally recognized company. After the family split the assets and estate taxes, the money I got was— relative to what I had built— not that consequential. Nice to…”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“He loaned me a small amount of money— loaned, not gave— around $ 1 million— money that I probably could have gotten from a bank—and the biggest part of my journey began. I paid my father back a few years later, with full interest, after my Manhattan deals started to come in— and very successfully.”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“My father believed he had an obligation to his tenants. His motto was simple: You do your job, you keep your job. Do it well, you get a better job. That always made sense to me.”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“Loyalty is extremely important to me. My family and close friends will say that I am loyal to a fault.”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“I’m able to afford the best health care in the world for myself and my family and my employees. I know that, but I also know that most people can’t do that and need some help. This is a subject that has been really important to me for a very long time.”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“From my father and my uncle I learned the value of work and the value of a good education. From my own experience I learned what happens when you put them together.”— Donald Trump, amazon.com