Gulzar Quotes

I think it would have been nice to have a family; it would be nice to have grandchildren.

Especially in America, when you move away from home, sometimes you get disconnected with your grandparents, your friends you grew up with.

I have no intention of going back to France, except for yearly visits to meet my family.

Every child growing up will look to their parents, my mother and my father. My grandmother lived with us. I picked up quite a bit of family lore and history from her, which was interesting.

When I finally went to Ireland, I had to go. It was 1993. My father was finally too old to travel alone, and he asked me to take him home. When an old man asks you to take him home, you have to do it.

One curious thing about growing up is that you don't only move forward in time; you move backwards as well, as pieces of your parents' and grandparents' lives come to you.

My grandparents used to bring me books every time they saw me.

I go back to South Africa at least once a year, sometimes twice, and usually for a month. And probably, I'm guessing, I'll spend more time back there as I get older.

My mother's parents died when I was quite young, so I would like to be able to go back and know those people as an adult.

I've gotten to the age where I'm comfortable with just about everything - except getting old!

I sort of take cues from my grandparents.

I wish my grandmother and grandfather were still alive, because they were able to keep me grounded.

I have 22 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and they keep me young.

I love, love, love my grandparents.

Of course, our roots are in Germany, it always will be the feeling of home.

My wife is also from Harvard and we do have some family in the Cambridge area so we try to make it back at least once a year. We really enjoyed our time out there.

Watching your children growing up makes you aware of time passing. You think, 'Oh, God, look at them now! He won't be like this for much longer.'

I used to love getting older.

My grandparents had always helped look after me, they were always there.

Initially, I think I was eager to get off Staten Island and go away for school, that kind of thing. Then what you do maybe 10 years after that, you start maybe appreciating all the great things about the place you grew up. You can go back and enjoy it because you don't have that angst or sense of struggle to get away anymore.

As we grow up, either we lose people or have a lot of them around us. I have seen many people who are isolated in their old age.

If you grow up with traditions in your family, it's always nice to be able to get home and have those moments.

All my summer and Puja vacations were spent in Calcutta with my didima and a host of other relatives and friends.

When I have a chance to go back to my village, I always remind myself where I came from.

I spent a lot of my school vacations in Devlali because my grandparents lived in the cantonment there.