Intergenerational Bonds Quotes

Our young men will marry your daughters and we shall be one people.

When I was just a twenty-something, I came to Newark, and I found a connection to the city in a spiritual way. I found a connection here and people here that reminded me so much of my roots and my own family.

You always hear people saying, 'I hope I'm not turning into my dad', but I'd be honoured if I became half as decent a bloke as he is.

My family is mostly a chosen one. I've managed to invite some really amazing people into my life and they become family. Brothers, sisters, siblings, mentors, role models. And I like to live that way, where your family bleeds out into the larger community.

I'm like your mother, your sister, whatever.

I would love to have kids one day. In fact, I'm pretty good with them. I grew up with five half-siblings, the youngest of whom is 11 years younger than me, so I think I learned some pretty cool parenting skills quite early on in life.

The thread that has always connected my family was the news.

Thankfully I have an ecosystem of in-laws, parents and husband, who are my rocks.

In families there is always the mythology. My father died when my kids were quite young still, and yet they still tell his stories. That is how a person lives on.

I don't know that I've gotten to the point where people know me more than my dad or that I ever will or even want to get to that point.

My dad was my hero. And I got my personality from my mother.

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.

It's incredibly rewarding to have people come up to me at readings and say, 'I'm not Chinese, but this is the relationship I have with my mother.' Or say, 'Your book made me think a lot about my parents, and I've decided to sign up for counseling.' That is mind-boggling.

I remember the people I knew in prison; I was very fortunate to know them - they came from 1910, 1920, 1930.

Relationships with parents, grandparents, friends, and siblings were important to me when I was young and have remained so throughout my life. Our relationships with other people both shape and reflect who we are. These relationships are infinitely fascinating to explore!

I really find that with Judaism, it creates an amazing blueprint for family connectivity.

'Boy' was about my dad.

Deacon Jones grew up a street over from my grandfather, where I was raised.

I never hated my father. I would have named my child Usher regardless. I never hated myself because I carried his name, because I made it mean what I wanted it to mean.

Family is a unique gift that needs to be appreciated and treasured, even when they're driving you crazy. As much as they make you mad, interrupt you, annoy you, curse at you, try to control you, these are the people who know you the best and who love you.

Future's like an older brother to me, and Thug's more like a brother my age.

I grew up in northern New Jersey - the banlieue of New York - and I now live in Brooklyn. I am separated from my parents by about 50 miles, but really there is almost no distance between us. I speak to them nearly every day.

Women know what men have long forgotten. The ultimate economic and spiritual unit of any civilization is still the family.

I think being the girl of such a huge father figure, you want to be that tomboy... because you are so close to your dad.

My parents got married when I was 12.