Ellen Gafford

“The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof.”
― Richard Bach, Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

“Age is a seasoned trickster. To our parents, we will always be children. Within ourselves, the same yearnings of youth; the same aspirations of adolescence, will last a lifetime. Only to the young - blinded by our grey hair and slowing gait - do we appear old and increasingly beyond the pale.”
― Alex Morritt, Impromptu Scribe

“The capacity for friendship is God's way of apologizing for our families.”
― Jay McInerney, The Last of the Savages

“The thing about denial is that it doesn't feel like denial when it's going on.”
― Georgina Kleege, Sight Unseen