Quotes about Grandmothers

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My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the — Ellen DeGeneres
if god had intended us to follow recipes, He wouldn't have given us grandmothers. — Linda Henley
Saying you're through with romance is like saying you're done with living, Betty. Life is better with a little romance, — Gabrielle Zevin, Elsewhere
When it comes to death, we know that laughter and tears are pretty much the same thing.And so, laughing and crying, we s — Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
I still loved Granny. It flowed out of my chest. With Granny gone, where would my love go? — Jessica Maria Tuccelli, Glow
The only reason that some people aren’t ashamed of their parents and/or siblings is because they know that we know that — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
I want to go swimming," the child said. She waited for opposition, but none came. So she took off her clothes, slowly an — Jansson, Tove
My grandmother, a dim, stern figure, named her children Lily and Violet, which I guess from seeing a picture of my mothe — Emma Joy Crone, Garden Variety Dykes: Lesbian Traditions in Gardening
Once your words fly out of your mouth, you sometimes can't control whether they fly straight or crooked, Grandma Augusti — Lori Aurelia Williams, When Kambia Elaine Flew in from Neptune
And I can't die easy thinking maybe the menfolks white or black is making a spit cup out of you. Have some sympathy for — Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God
Dear Abby has had her day, now it's my turn! — Barbara "Cutie" Cooper, Fall in Love for Life: Inspiration from a 73-Year Marriage
I was lucky to live in the 20th century, when gefilte fish could be purchased in a jar. — Barbara "Cutie" Cooper, Fall in Love for Life: Inspiration from a 73-Year Marriage
Granny always said finding justice was as tough as putting socks on a rooster. — Jessica Maria Tuccelli, Glow
This is a place where grandmothers hold babies on their laps under the stars and whisper in their ears that the lights i — Rick Bragg
I thought grandmothers had to like you. It’s a law or something. — Mary E. Pearson, The Adoration of Jenna Fox
I know nothing about her. Just some books, and some stories she tried to tell me, and things I didn't understand, and I — Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men
What she showed me was, Yes, I am Grandmother as she is; there is no separation, really, between us. And that, on this p — Alice Walker, Now Is the Time to Open Your Heart
That’s precisely what the governing body should NOT do—manage every detail of their lives. We are not their meddling gra — Trish Mercer, The Falcon in the Barn