Kim Harrison Quotes

There wasn't a lot of physical tenderness with my parents. There was plenty of love but we weren't into the hugging thing, which now I've totally reversed with my family to the point where it probably drives them crazy.

Love does not to be understood. It needs only to be shown.

if you are a stepparent, rush right out and get yourself a dog. Because it's very nice to have someone in the house that loves you.

Sometimes when family members least deserve love, they need it the most.

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.

Gather up In the arms of your love—Those who expect No love from above.

The ultimate lesson is learning how to love and be loved unconditionally

It´s natural to want someone you love to do what you want, or what you think would be good for them, but you have to let everything happen to them. You can't interfere with people you love any more than you're supposed to interfere with people you don't even know. And that's hard, ..., because you often feel like interfering -you want to be the one who makes the plans.

Sometimes when family members least deserve love, they need it most. Love is not appropriately expressed in threats, accusations, expressions of disappointment, or retaliation. Real love takes time, patience, help, and continuing performances.

But you're disappointed." He brushed a strand of hair from her face. "It's not possible for you to disappoint me.

Families aren't easy to join. They're like an exclusive country club where membership makes impossible demands and the dues for an outsider are exorbitant.

Give love and unconditional acceptance to those you encounter, and notice what happens.

Milo refreshed Rae's drink and said, Talk to her. You need to get it off your chest." Then Milo turned to me and said, "Why don't you try a more subtle approach." "I demand you tell me your troubles," I said to my sister. "You're not as funny as you think you are," Rae replied.

You don't have to tell people what they're doing wrong. They already know. Your job is to love them.

It's a blessing not to be alone in your grief but it's also painful to see your parents and siblings in pain.

Truth makes love possible; love makes truth bearable.

Society teaches us conditional love; i.e., "I love you if you are the way I want you to be."

I want to love you and take you pretty places. Yes, I have things wrong, but also I can walk through walls if you'll let me show you.

Family was even a bigger word than I imagined, wide and without limitations, if you allowed it, defying easy definition. You had family that was supposed to be family and wasn't, family that wasn't family but was, halves becoming whole, wholes splitting into two; it was possible to lack whole, honest love and connection from family in lead roles, yet to be filled to abundance by the unexpected supporting players.

All I want from you is to trust me with what little you can, and grow in loving people around you with the same love I share with you. It's not your job to change them, or to convince them. You are free to love without an agenda.

Unconditional acceptance of others is the key to happy relationships.

She didn’t judge him or hate him for things that weren’t his fault. She accepted him and that was the greatest miracle of all.

My mom is really great with me and for me, because I think she makes an effort to make sure there is some normalcy in my life, and her and my dad don't really treat me any differently.

Blood is one thing, but that’s not all that goes into family. The family you choose is the family that really matters. They’re the ones who’ll keep you standing.

I'm providing myself to my children. I'm loving them unconditionally, accepting them unconditionally.