Delia Ephron Quotes

I wonder if what makes a family a family isn't doing everything right all the time but, instead, giving a second chance to the people you love who do things wrong.

My son has two loving parents and an extended family, whether it's cousins or stepmothers or boyfriends. My son is surrounded by love.

We have always had dogs, so I've never known a time in my life where haven't had a dog. And it is so nice to have something there that is always happy to see you, can always give you love, and is unconditionally loyal. I have always enjoyed having something to take care of, and it prepared me for motherhood.

Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home each day. It is amazing how much love and laughter they bring into our lives and even how much closer we become with each other because of them.

The love of the family, the love of one person can heal. It heals the scars left by a larger society. A massive, powerful society.

Four years into the life of my son, I realize I'm so in love with him and he's so in love with me that if I don't find that lifelong partner out there, it's okay.

From the moment this baby came into our home, those two dogs have never been more in love. It's the most beautiful thing I've ever witnessed. People keep saying, 'Oh, you're a single mom.' I'm like, 'Actually, I'm not. I've got two boys helping.'

When you love somebody, and they have a child, you love their child. You just accept it as a part of who they are, and you care about them and theirs.

One of the things I would have loved to have had was a family that worked better together, although I love my mother and father to bits.

I love my family, even as I critique their dysfunctionalities.

What's realistic to me is that families love each other and stand by each other. What's unrealistic is that they would ever say that.

If you ever start feeling like you have the goofiest, craziest, most dysfunctional family in the world, all you have to do is go to a state fair. Because five minutes at the fair, you'll be going, 'you know, we're alright. We are dang near royalty.'

I've seen women who don't have great relationships with their dads, and it all comes down to this: You have to tell girls you love them every day.

My stepfather and my mother, I love them to death.

I love kids, and I love having had this second chance to have a family.

Yes, I have four children. Four children with whom I spend a good part of every day: bathing them, combing their hair, sitting with them while they do their homework, holding them while they weep their tragic tears. But I'm not in love with any of them. I am in love with my husband.

I love children and I love family and I love that interaction. Because I had a really close relationship with my mother, I understand that deep powerful love, and it's so beautiful. To be a mother to a child is the most brilliant gift; it's gorgeous.

Being a stepmother has worked out very well for me. I love my stepchildren very much.

My family is everything. They love me unconditionally.

I'm completely in love with my children, and I participate in their lives on every level.

My family knows they are loved. As a mother, it is my job to let them know that they are, and it's a job I take quite seriously.

If my dog Ella, named after the Rihanna song 'Umbrella', could be with me at all times, that would make me happy.

My family are all mad. But I got a lot of strength from them.

I'm not familiar with an unaccepting family. But in my profession, nothing can be foreign.

I get little moments all the time, all I want to do is call my mom.