I repeat, sir, that in whatever position you place a woman she is an ornament to society and a treasure to the world. As a sweetheart, she has few equals and no superiors; as a cousin, she is convenient; as a wealthy grandmother with an incurable distemper, she is precious; as a wet-nurse, she has no equal among men. What, sir, would the people of the earth be without woman? They would be scarce, sir, almighty scarce.
My grandmother was utterly convinced I'd wind up as the Archbishop of Canterbury. And, to be honest, I've never entirely ruled it out.
Literary characters, like my grandmother's apparitions, are fragile beings, easily frightened; they must be treated with care so they will feel comfortable in my pages
A faint smell of lilac filled the air. There was always lilac in this part of town. Where there were grandmothers, there was always lilac.
If you know somebody very well, like your grandmother or your baby sister, you will know when they are real and when they are fake.
Changing a diaper is a lot like getting a present from your grandmother - you're not sure what you've got but you're pretty sure you're not going to like it.
My grandmother always used to wear this English perfume called Tuberose and then she died and then I dated this girl who wore the same thing. Every time I hung out with her, I could only think of my recently deceased grandmother. So sometimes a signature scent can be good and sometimes it can be bad.
My grandmother lived to be 100 years old. Her grandmother was a slave, yet she was a college graduate in the Spellman class of 1917. She taught art for 50 years and she saved her Social Security checks for her children's education.
I do know that when my children are older and telling their own children about their grandmother, they will be able to say that she stood in the storm. . . and when the wind did not blow her way - - and it surely has not - - she adjusted her sails.
Like my grandmother always said, 'you never know the blessings that come from suffering.
I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.
Both of my grandmothers were diagnosed with breast cancer - one is a survivor and one passed away.
My grandmother sang, too, and she was really loud. It was this wild kind of singing. I count her among my influences.
My mother and grandmother had me in church, and I was the kid that played in church. But pastor was telling me something totally different that there was a God. He knit me together in my mother's womb. He made me special. He wanted to have a personal relationship with me.
They pampered me, especially my grandmother. . . I loved her with all my heart.
Holmes is so ugly, his grandmother said when he started to cry the tears would stop and roll down the back of his head.
My grandmother, grandfather, my mom - we've always been driven by laughter. It's what held us together. Thanksgivings, any kind of family get-together, we usually end up in tears.
Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation.
You might be a redneck if your grandmother can correctly execute the sleeper hold.
My great grandmother was Chinese.