Jewell Parker Rhodes Quotes

I have sometimes questioned the advice and direction I received from my parents and grandparents, but I never questioned the fact that they loved me. I learned that they were in a better position to know more about right and wrong than I did from my limited understanding and from my limited experience.

I had the privilege of having two sets of loving grandparents.

Everything people say about grandparenthood is true - it is pleasure without responsibility. It is unquestioned love.

Just look at my face. Its an extraordinary experience. All of my friends who are grandparents have been saying, just wait, a bit cynically, but its just extraordinary. You feel like a child again yourself. Just walking on air.

I didn't know I'd ever be able to love my second child like I love my first; she came out, and I was amazed I could love them both equally.

I grew up close to my grandma.

I loved my own Grandparents with all my heart. I learned important lessons from them about how to treat people, how to cook and how to work.....they showered us kids with love and left the parenting to Momma and Daddy. That's the beauty of being a grandparent - the hard work belongs to someone else. I guess I never really understood the depth of their love for me until I became a grandmother myself... it is unlike any other relationship.

I will forever be touched by anybody who has a choice to love someone, and they make a decision to.

Anyone I'm with has to love my son just as much as they love me, if not more, because I don't play any games with King.

As women gain weight, they start judging themselves. But who cares! Embrace what you have. Say, 'Belly, you might be poking out today, but I'm going to choose to love you and nurture you.'

My older sisters and brother are all amazing beings and inspiring people. They are my best friends and have guided and taught me consistently throughout my life.

I want everybody to love me because I want to love back.

I came out at a very early age. I sat my mom down at my 12th birthday party and told her in front of my friends. She said, 'Baby, mama already knows, and I'm going to love you regardless.' Once I got my mom's support, there was nothing else I needed.

My son Tusshar has given me a wonderful reason to be grateful for my life. My grandson has brought such joy in my family's lives.

The Lord calls us to love everybody.

My dad is always there for me, and no matter how busy, he always makes it a point to answer my calls. I think he knows what is best for me better than me and is very involved in planning my career. Feel blessed to have a dad like him.

It's a universal desire to love and to be loved and, despite trying circumstances, to still fight for the good.

I will not be touched if someone says, 'I do not love you.' You have the right. You do not have to love me.

My parents had something to say about everything I did. As a kid, I thought they were against me. Now I realise they were mostly right.

Eugene O'Neil is always exploring our want to love but can't get it out there.

Having a kid is getting a certain kind of freedom in a way because you can't be self-obsessed anymore.

You can't really fake chemistry: either you have it or you don't, and you can't have a relationship on screen if you don't have one off screen. I love Sarah Paulson. I absolutely adore her. My wife has given me full permission to love Sarah Paulson, and I look forward to doing that for the rest of my life.

It's such a magnificent thing to be able to love someone and expect nothing from them.

I feel the grandparent-grandchild relationship is one of the most innocent and selfless ones. It is all about pure love and affection.

Familial betrayal is, to me, the most heartbreaking kind - because if you can't trust your family to love you and protect you, who can you really trust?